Cintas vs Kontoor Brands
CTAS and KTB side by side, both in apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CTAS and KTB compare
Cintas is the larger company, worth 22 times as much as Kontoor Brands ($88.0B against $4.1B).
On earnings, Kontoor Brands is cheaper: it trades at 15.5× trailing earnings, against 43.4× for Cintas.
Kontoor Brands grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (34.3% versus 9.5% for Cintas).
Cintas keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.8% compared with 8.7% at Kontoor Brands.
Both pay dividends: Cintas yields 0.85% and Kontoor Brands 2.9%.
Cintas scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 18 for Kontoor Brands), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CTAS | KTB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $88.0B | $4.1B |
| Share price | $219.82 | $74.25 |
| Change, 1 year | 19.5% | −8.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 99.0% | 28.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 1.02 |
| Employees | 48K | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 18 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 6 | 6 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 43.4× | 15.5× (better) |
| P/S | 7.6× | 1.3× (better) |
| P/B | 16.9× | 6.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 28.0× | 12.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 43.3× | 9.6× (better) |
| PEG | 2.94 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 10.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $148.64 | $67.84 |
| Margin of safety | −47.9% | −9.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.5% | 34.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.6% (better) | 8.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 11.3% (better) | 6.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 12.4% (better) | 6.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.9% | 28.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 51.0% (better) | 48.2% |
| Operating margin | 23.4% (better) | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 17.8% (better) | 8.7% |
| FCF margin | 17.6% (better) | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 41.4% | 48.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 29.7% (better) | 15.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.47 (better) | 1.85 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.68 (better) | 2.58 |
| Interest coverage | 25.3× (better) | 5.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.45 | 1.83 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 13.51 (better) | 3.18 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.85% | 2.9% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 35.2% | 43.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.5% | 16.8% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.1% | 2.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 5.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 68.2% | 109% |
| Held by insiders | 14.4% | 1.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.6M (better) | −$31.9M |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.7% | 12.0% |
Go deeper
- CTAS stock overview
- CTAS income statement
- CTAS valuation and score
- KTB stock overview
- KTB income statement
- KTB valuation and score
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