Cintas (WBO:CTAS) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Sep. 20, 2026)

Cintas  (WBO:CTAS) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.

Cintas Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms

The historical data trend for Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Cintas Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Cintas Annual Data
	Trend	May17	May18	May19	May20	May21	May22	May23	May24	May25	May26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					14.76	15.93	20.11	24.00	16.02

Cintas Quarterly Data
	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24	May24	Aug24	Nov24	Feb25	May25	Aug25	Nov25	Feb26	May26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															24.41	21.46	18.91	19.53	16.41

WBO:CTAS vs CPRT, GPN, ARMK: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Cintas Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.

Cintas Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, Cintas's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in May. 2026 was:

Current CPI (May. 2026) = 335.1230.

Cintas Quarterly Data

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

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