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Cintas (BSP:C1TA34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 80.94 (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is Cintas Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-06), Cintas's current share price is R$249.30. Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was R$3.08. Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 80.94.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:C1TA34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 31.23   Med: 58.76   Max: 89.96
Current: 83.48

During the past years, Cintas's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 89.96. The lowest was 31.23. And the median was 58.76.

BSP:C1TA34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
92.25% of 374 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 16.5 vs BSP:C1TA34: 83.48

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Cintas's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was R$1.467. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is R$3.08 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2025.

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Cintas Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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.

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Cintas Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Cintas Annual Data
Trend May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 55.20 61.63 55.39 56.57 69.55

Cintas Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 67.81 69.55 80.15 87.80 76.34

Competitive Comparison of Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Cintas Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

Cintas's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=249.30/3.08
=80.94

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Cintas's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Feb. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2025)
=1.467/134.6241*134.6241
=1.467

Current CPI (Feb. 2025) = 134.6241.

Cintas Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201505 0.196 100.333 0.263
201508 0.126 100.548 0.169
201511 0.108 100.135 0.145
201602 -0.097 100.040 -0.131
201605 0.165 101.355 0.219
201608 0.118 101.617 0.156
201611 0.105 101.829 0.139
201702 0.171 102.779 0.224
201705 0.333 103.256 0.434
201708 0.278 103.587 0.361
201711 0.081 104.072 0.105
201802 0.322 105.052 0.413
201805 0.371 106.148 0.471
201808 0.175 106.383 0.221
201811 0.187 106.338 0.237
201902 0.441 106.649 0.557
201905 0.600 108.048 0.748
201908 0.398 108.245 0.495
201911 0.451 108.519 0.559
202002 0.606 109.139 0.748
202005 0.839 108.175 1.044
202008 0.718 109.662 0.881
202011 0.590 109.793 0.723
202102 0.725 110.968 0.880
202105 1.013 113.576 1.201
202108 0.529 115.421 0.617
202111 0.713 117.269 0.819
202202 0.827 119.703 0.930
202205 1.130 123.323 1.234
202208 0.567 124.958 0.611
202211 0.623 125.607 0.668
202302 0.870 126.928 0.923
202305 1.076 128.314 1.129
202308 0.545 129.538 0.566
202311 0.709 129.548 0.737
202402 1.322 130.930 1.359
202405 1.468 132.509 1.491
202408 1.011 132.816 1.025
202411 0.960 133.110 0.971
202502 1.467 134.624 1.467

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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.


Cintas  (BSP:C1TA34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Cintas Business Description

Industry
Address
6800 Cintas Boulevard, P.O. Box 625737, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 45262-5737
Cintas has roots tracing back to 1929, during which the Farmer family cleaned and re-sold dirty rags to manufacturing plants in Ohio. The firm has grown its business organically and through acquisitions, and today Cintas acts as a one-stop outsourcing partner for businesses. Cintas will design, manufacture, collect, and clean every employee uniform for a small weekly sum, taking on the upfront capital expense itself. In the same stop, Cintas can also replace soiled or depleted mats, mops, trash liners, towels, first aid, fire, and cleaning products. Businesses value an outsourcing partner like Cintas as it simplifies operations and leaves noncore tasks with high regulatory standards in the hands of professionals.

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