Amer Sports, Inc. vs Cintas Corporation, two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
These two share a shelf only by accident of classification. Cintas rents uniforms and services facilities, a subscription-style business that throws off a 17.57% net margin and a 40.46% return on equity. Amer Sports designs Arc'teryx jackets and Wilson rackets, and its economics look ordinary next to that: 6.71% net margin, 7.57% on equity. The market charges 44.36 times earnings for Amer's growth and 36.33 times for Cintas's steadiness, so neither is cheap. Cintas carries some debt at 0.55 to equity and pays a small 0.91% yield; Amer runs debt-free. Buyers of Amer bet on brand heat, buyers of Cintas on the dull reliability of laundered work shirts.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | AS | CTAS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $34.84 | $179.57 |
| Market cap | $19.4B | $72.7B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +27.0% |
| P/E | 45.3 | 38.0 |
| P/B | 3.33 | 15.18 |
| P/S | 2.95 | 6.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.7 | 28.3 |
| Revenue growth | +26.3% | +8.7% |
| Gross margin | 57.7% | 51.0% |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 23.2% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 17.6% |
| Return on equity | 7.6% | 40.5% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 18.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% | 27.0% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.55 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.60 | 9.24 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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