Cintas Corporation vs Ermenegildo Zegna N.V., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CTAS and ZGN diverge most: on debt / equity, CTAS reads 0.55 and ZGN reads 0.00; on p/b, CTAS reads 15.18 and ZGN reads 2.92. 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 ZGN'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 | ZGN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $179.57 | $13.44 |
| Market cap | $72.7B | $3.5B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +27.0% | — |
| P/E | 38.0 | 32.5 |
| P/B | 15.18 | 2.92 |
| P/S | 6.59 | 1.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 28.3 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | +8.7% | +10.9% |
| Gross margin | 51.0% | 67.5% |
| Operating margin | 23.2% | 7.3% |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 5.7% |
| Return on equity | 40.5% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 18.9% | 3.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.0% | 9.9% |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | 8.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.55 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.98 | 1.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.24 | 7.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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