---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000723254-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTAS"
cik: "0000723254"
company_name: "CINTAS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:24:37.985686+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cintas Q3 revenue $2.19B (+11.7% YoY), EPS $3.14; raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $2.19B, up 11.7% YoY; organic growth 11.8%.
- Diluted EPS $3.14 vs $2.97; adjusted EPS up 16.7% to $3.14 from $2.69.
- Gross margin 47.2% (+140 bps); operating margin 20.4% (+110 bps adj.).
- FY23 revenue guidance raised to $8.74-$8.80B; EPS to $12.70-$12.90.
- Quarterly dividend increased 18.6% to $117.4M, paid December 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000723254-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTAS
- cik: 0000723254
- company_name: CINTAS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000005/0000723254-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000005/ctas-20230329.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CINTAS CORP reported fiscal 2023 third quarter ended February 28, 2023 results: revenue $2.19 billion, net income $325.8 million, EPS $3.14. Guidance raised.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 third quarter ended February 28, 2023
  - Revenue: $2.19 billion
  - Net income: $325.8 million
  - EPS: $3.14
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 29, 2023 -- Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) today reported results for its fiscal 2023 third quarter ended February 28, 2023. Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 was $2.19 billion compared to $1.96 billion in last year’s third quarter, an increase of 11.7%. The organic revenue growth rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2023, which adjusts for the impacts
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000005/0000723254-23-000005-index.htm

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