Cintas Corporation vs PVH CORP., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CTAS and PVH diverge most: on operating margin, CTAS reads 23.2% and PVH reads -9.1%; on net margin, CTAS reads 17.8% and PVH reads -1.9%. 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 PVH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CTAS | PVH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $201.53 | $70.64 |
| Market cap | $81.6B | $3.3B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 41.0 | — |
| P/B | 15.87 | 0.68 |
| P/S | 7.24 | 0.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.6 | 7.3 |
| Revenue growth | +8.9% | +1.6% |
| Gross margin | 51.0% | 63.0% |
| Operating margin | 23.2% | -9.1% |
| Net margin | 17.8% | -1.9% |
| Return on equity | 38.9% | -3.5% |
| Return on assets | 19.0% | -1.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.1% | 4.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 22.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.47 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.65 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.15 | 7.63 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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