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) Gross margin

Cintas Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 51.0%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (50.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 43.3% (fiscal 2015) to 50.7% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 35.3% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.5%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 50.7% 0.63
FY2025 50.0% 1.21
FY2024 48.8% 1.49
FY2023 47.3% 1.10
FY2022 46.2% (0.34)
FY2021 46.6% 0.94
FY2020 45.6% 0.25
FY2019 45.4% 0.48
FY2018 44.9% 0.20
FY2017 44.7% 0.89

Quarterly

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 51.5% 0.59
May 2026 51.0% (0.03)
Feb 2026 51.0% 0.53
Nov 2025 50.5% 0.17
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 43.3% High 50.7%
Ten-year median 45.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
DLB Dolby Laboratories compare 87.6%
RELX RELX PLC compare 60.8%
CTAS Cintas Corporation 51.0%
ULS UL Solutions Inc. compare 50.4%
CPRT Copart, Inc. compare 44.7%
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 36.7%
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 10.3%
ARMK Aramark compare 8.51%
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC compare 0.00%
Specialty Business Services industry median 35.3%
Industrials sector median 30.5%
Market median 46.3%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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