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) Return on invested capital

Cintas Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 22.8%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (22.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.22% (fiscal 2017) to 22.4% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 0.65% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.44%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 22.4% 0.84
FY2025 21.5% 1.49
FY2024 20.1% 2.08
FY2023 18.0% 1.47
FY2022 16.5% 1.40
FY2021 15.1% 2.29
FY2020 12.8% 0.50
FY2019 12.3% 1.34
FY2018 11.0% 1.75
FY2017 9.22% (7.20)

Against its own ten years

Low 9.22% High 22.4%
Ten-year median 15.8%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ULS UL Solutions Inc. compare 23.6%
CTAS Cintas Corporation 22.8%
CPRT Copart, Inc. compare 22.4%
DLB Dolby Laboratories compare 8.06%
ARMK Aramark compare 6.03%
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 4.57%
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 4.43%
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC compare 0.00%
RELX RELX PLC compare 0.00%
Specialty Business Services industry median 0.65%
Industrials sector median 2.44%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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