Cintas Corporation (CTAS) earnings on July 15, 2026
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Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
Cintas stock rose sharply after the company released earnings that were better than Wall Street expected. The stock climbed as much as 6.7% during the day and closed up 4.4%.
CTAS price around the earnings
192.37
Change: +4.4%
2026-07-15, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
182.00
186.85
191.70
196.55
184.33
July 15, 2026
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
Strong positive trend into earnings, supported by a strong recent beat history; analysts are mixed.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Score jumped from 4.6 to 51.9 — significant positive trajectory into earnings.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.3
- Analysts covering the stock
- 16
- Average price target
- 208.69
- Lowest price target
- 160
- Highest price target
- 245
- Upside to price target
- 13.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 8.4%
- Revenue growth
- 8.9%
- Forward EPS
- 5.43
- Trailing EPS
- 4.76
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 2
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 7
- Hold: 10
- Sell: 1
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 7
- Hold
- 10
- Sell
- 1
- Strong sell
- 0
- June 29, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- June 15, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (4)
- Top Wall Street Forecasters Revamp Cintas Expectations Ahead Of Q4 Earnings — Benzinga
- B of A Securities Maintains Neutral on Cintas, Lowers Price Target to $200 — Benzinga
- Here's How Much $100 Invested In Cintas 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today — Benzinga
- Truist Securities Maintains Buy on Cintas, Lowers Price Target to $225 — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -17.8%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +9.1%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +7.5%
- 30-day relative strength
- +7.5%
- Benchmark change (0d)
- +0.0%
- Nearest support
- 182.76
- Nearest resistance
- 184.26
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.12
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +1.0%
- March 25, 2026: actual EPS 1.24 vs estimate 1.24 (surprise +0.1%)
- December 18, 2025: actual EPS 1.21 vs estimate 1.19 (surprise +1.3%)
- September 24, 2025: actual EPS 1.2 vs estimate 1.19 (surprise +0.7%)
- July 17, 2025: actual EPS 1.09 vs estimate 1.07 (surprise +1.8%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 2.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 5.3%
- 90th percentile move
- 6.8%
- Up / down moves
- 14 / 5
- Average up move
- +3.6%
- Average down move
- -3.7%
Monitoring and close
What Cintas Corporation reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- +4.4%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 6.7%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 1.3%