Cintas Corporation

CTAS Industrials Specialty Business Services

Cintas Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $11.3 billion, up 8.94% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+10.9%
EPS
+12.5%
Free cash flow
+48.7%
Total debt
+0.13%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

229.07 5.33 +2.38%
Market cap
$88.8B
P/E
43.7×
Fwd P/E
39.9×
Dividend yield
1.07%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
11.41
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
85/100

Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Operating margin

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Cintas Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 23.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (23.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.5% (fiscal 2017) to 23.1% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 3.53% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.12%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 23.1% 0.32
FY2025 22.8% 1.26
FY2024 21.6% 1.11
FY2023 20.5% 0.24
FY2022 20.2% 0.74
FY2021 19.5% 3.06
FY2020 16.4% (0.04)
FY2019 16.5% 1.78
FY2018 14.7% 0.14
FY2017 14.5% (1.50)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 23.6% 0.45
May 2026 23.2% (0.05)
Feb 2026 23.2% (0.20)
Nov 2025 23.4% 0.69
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Against its own ten years

Low 14.5% High 23.1%
Ten-year median 18.0%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
CPRT Copart, Inc. compare 35.4%
CTAS Cintas Corporation 23.4%
ULS UL Solutions Inc. compare 17.8%
DLB Dolby Laboratories compare 17.7%
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 5.39%
ARMK Aramark compare 4.39%
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 4.22%
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC compare 0.00%
RELX RELX PLC compare 0.00%
Specialty Business Services industry median 3.53%
Industrials sector median 5.12%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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