Cintas Corporation vs FIGS, Inc., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CTAS and FIGS diverge most: on debt / equity, CTAS reads 0.55 and FIGS reads 0.00; on operating margin, CTAS reads 23.2% and FIGS reads 2.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CTAS's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What FIGS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CTAS | FIGS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $205.95 | $9.50 |
| Market cap | $83.4B | $1.9B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 28.5 | 43.2 |
| P/B | 17.41 | 4.33 |
| P/S | 7.56 | 2.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 32.3 | 33.6 |
| Revenue growth | +8.7% | +18.8% |
| Gross margin | 51.0% | 67.7% |
| Operating margin | 23.2% | 2.8% |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 6.1% |
| Return on equity | 40.5% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets | 18.9% | 7.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.0% | 9.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.55 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.98 | 5.39 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.24 | 8.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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