CTAS options flow: unusual options activity in Cintas Corp.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 12 unusual options prints in Cintas Corp. (CTAS), $551K of tracked premium, leaning bearish. Bullish premium was $164K against $339K bearish; $383K went into calls and $168K into puts, a put call ratio of 0.44. The largest print was $96K of CTAS 18 Dec 2026 $200 calls on 23 September 2026, swept at bid. The last session with prints, 24 September 2026, added 3 prints and $132K of premium. CTAS closed at $199.91 on 25 September 2026, up 1.1%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 21 September 2026 to 24 September 2026, 4 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.

Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.

Largest prints of the week

Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.

Where the money is aimed

The most premium, $247K, is aimed at the 25 Sep 2026 expiry.

A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.

The last session, 24 September 2026

Every print in CTAS with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open CTAS in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open CTAS in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 7 firms, have a median of $230, 15.1% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 1 upgrade.

Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.

About Cintas Corp.

Exchange

Nasdaq

Sector

Industrials

Industry

Apparel

Headquarters

CINCINNATI, Ohio

Website

cintas.com

Cintas Corporation provides corporate identity uniforms and related business services. It operates through Uniform Rental and Facility Services, First Aid and Safety Services, and All Other segments. The company rents and services uniforms and other garments, including flame resistant clothing, mats, mops and shop towels.

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Learn

• What unusual options activity means
• Reading one ticker's flow
• Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
• Size versus open interest
• Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
• The conviction score and whale prints