Company Analysis

Cintas Corporation (CTAS)

Nasdaq: CTAS · Men's & Boys' Furnishgs, Work Clothg, & Allied Garments · Cincinnati, OH · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.7
◀ Past 7.6● Present 6.9▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Cintas Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.7/10
◀ Past7.630% of the headline
● Present6.940% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cintas Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
9.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 91st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cintas Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5.3 billion in fiscal 2017 to $11 billion in fiscal 2026, up 8.7% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.7%top 7% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.6% a year. 68% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-05-31, Cintas Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 68% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 50% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 39%: 39¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 51%: owes 51¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-05-31, Cintas Corporation earned about 39 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 54 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 51 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 7% of its family
  • return on equitytop 21% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
9.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 7% of 7 in its family; net margin 17.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cintas Corporation's standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 7% by size; a net margin of 17.8% ranks in the top 7%; revenue growth of 8.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$11.26Btop 7% of its family
  • net margin17.8%top 7% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.5%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 50% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cintas Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Schneider, Todd M. (CEO and Director, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-07-27, 5.3 years (bottom 36% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.9 years (top 21%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 36%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 36% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.9 yearstop 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.3 yearsbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cintas Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $289 million against debt of $1.4 billion leaves -10.8% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.7% of revenue (top 7%); a gross margin of 50.7% (bottom 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-10.8%top 50% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.7%top 7% of its family
  • gross margin50.7%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 48% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cintas Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 8.5% a year over the last three filed years against 8.7% over all 10, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 8.9% (top 36%); capital spending grew 6.1% a year (bottom 42%) (its annual reports). Cintas Corporation reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Uniform Rental and Facility Services at $8.6 billion (77%), First Aid and Safety Services at $1.4 billion (12%), Fire Protection Services at $929 million (8%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.2 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.9%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.1%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 45% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cintas Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 0.6% above the $11 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 36% of its family); net income of $2.0 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.6 billion (top 36%); a net margin of 17.8% against 16.4% before (top 36%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.6%bottom 36% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+27%top 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.4 pointstop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CTAS · research, not advice