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Cintas (STU:CIT) Quick Ratio : 0.80 (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Cintas Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Cintas's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 0.80.

Cintas has a quick ratio of 0.80. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cintas's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

STU:CIT' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5   Med: 1.05   Max: 1.92
Current: 0.8

During the past 13 years, Cintas's highest Quick Ratio was 1.92. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 1.05.

STU:CIT's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
83.44% of 1069 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.56 vs STU:CIT: 0.80

Cintas Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cintas's Quick 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.

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Cintas Quick Ratio Chart

Cintas Annual Data
Trend May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.28 0.80 0.87 1.15 0.95

Cintas Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
Quick Ratio 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 1.26 1.12 1.22 0.95 0.80

Competitive Comparison of Cintas's Quick Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Cintas's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick 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's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Cintas's Quick Ratio falls into.



Cintas Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Cintas's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: May. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(2946.316-1341.569)/1691.38
=0.95

Cintas's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Aug. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(2760.357-1324.35)/1800.294
=0.80

* 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  (STU:CIT) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Cintas Business Description

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.