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CTAS
CINTAS CORP
Industrials · Diversified Support Services
$181.89
-1.80%
Vol: 0.1M
Araverus Market Read
Thursday, March 19, 2026
UniFirst acquisition agreement drives $5.5B enterprise value with $375M synergy target.
Cintas agreed to acquire workwear supplier UniFirst at $310 per share in an all-cash and stock deal valuing the enterprise at $5.5 billion. The company expects to generate approximately $375 million in operating cost synergies within four years and achieve accretion to EPS by the end of the second full year post-close. Baird upgraded CTAS to Outperform with a $250 price target, signaling analyst confidence despite current pre-market weakness at $201.51 (down 0.36% after-hours).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATCATERPILLAR | $687.91 | -0.82% | -9.9% | 24.9x | 1.53 | $322.3B |
| GEGENERAL | $291.24 | -3.23% | -10.7% | 34.1x | 1.37 | $307.6B |
| RTXRTX | $200.37 | -2.05% | -1.0% | 26.7x | 0.41 | $270.2B |
| GEVGE | $874.40 | +1.86% | +7.2% | 38.5x | — | $238.1B |
| BABOEING | $201.29 | -2.28% | -17.6% | 43.1x | 1.10 | $158.1B |
| UBERUBER | $75.43 | -1.60% | +6.8% | 17.6x | 1.22 | $156.5B |
| DEDEERE | $567.63 | -0.60% | -5.5% | 24.5x | 0.96 | $153.3B |
| LMTLOCKHEED | $637.38 | -0.56% | -1.3% | 19.9x | 0.20 | $147.5B |
| HONHONEYWELL | $229.02 | -0.46% | -5.1% | 19.9x | 0.90 | $145.6B |
Fundamentals
Market Cap$73.1B
P/E (TTM)39.4
Forward P/E33.6
Beta0.94
Div Yield97.00%
Prev Close$185.23
RSI (14-Day)
23Oversold
0305070100
52-Week Range
$178.69$181.89$229.24
From High-20.7%
From Low+1.8%
Moving Averages
50d SMA
$194.75-6.6%
200d SMA
$200.51-9.3%
Price below 200d MA — bearish structure.
Returns
1W
-5.9%
1M
-7.4%
3M
-2.8%
6M
-8.6%
1Y
-5.2%
YTD
-1.4%
Volume
Today79K
20d Avg2.3M
Ratio0.03x