Cintas (CTAS) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.36
- Estimate
- $1.36
- Surprise
- +0.2%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Cintas (CTAS) reported adjusted EPS of $1.36, in line with the $1.36 estimate. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Hold at 5.6/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
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Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CTAS Hold at 5.6/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.2% surprise compares with a +1.0% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=8.0 in RISK_OFF)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.83)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Expensive valuation
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $191.97
- Price target
- $196.14
- Stop
- $185.55
- Upside to target
- +2.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
The stock trades at 40.5× trailing but 31.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.7× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CTAS at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market cap
- $76.70B
- P/E (fwd)
- 31.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 40.5
- 52-week range
- $161.16–$219.17
- Off 52-week high
- 12.4%
- RSI (14)
- 37
- Volume vs avg
- 1.72×
- Score today
- 5.6/10