Cintas Corporation CTAS

199.91 2.23 1.13% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$79.0B
P/E
39.0×
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Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Debt to equity

Cintas Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 0.5×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2026 (0.5×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (fiscal 2026) to 1.4× (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 0.2× and above the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.5× (8.75%)
FY2025 0.5× (9.73%)
FY2024 0.6× (12.43%)
FY2023 0.7× (22.50%)
FY2022 0.8× 22.59%
FY2021 0.7× (13.65%)
FY2020 0.8× (15.89%)
FY2019 0.9× 12.92%
FY2018 0.8× (38.23%)
FY2017 1.4× 93.69%

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Aug 2026 0.5× (1.21%)
May 2026 0.5× (14.85%)
Feb 2026 0.6× (16.97%)
Nov 2025 0.7× 30.99%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 1.4×
Ten-year median 0.7×
Current reading's percentile 8

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 0.0×
DLB Dolby Laboratories compare 0.0×
CPRT Copart, Inc. compare 0.0×
ULS UL Solutions Inc. compare 0.2×
CTAS Cintas Corporation 0.5×
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 0.8×
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC compare 1.0×
ARMK Aramark compare 1.8×
RELX RELX PLC compare 7.1×
Specialty Business Services industry median 0.2×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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