---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000723254-25-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTAS"
cik: "0000723254"
company_name: "CINTAS CORP"
filed_at: "2025-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T06:04:29.771079+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cintas Q4 revenue $2.67B (+8%); EPS $1.09 (+9%); FY2026 guide $11.0-11.15B revenue

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $2.67B (+8.0% YoY); organic growth 9.0%; diluted EPS $1.09 (+9.0%).
- Full year revenue $10.34B (+7.7%); diluted EPS $4.40 (+16.1%); operating margin 22.8%.
- FY2026 guidance: revenue $11.00-11.15B, diluted EPS $4.71-4.85; effective tax rate 20.0%.
- Gross margin improved to 49.7% (Q4) vs 49.2% last year; operating income +9.1%.
- Returned $1.29B to shareholders via dividends ($611.6M) and buybacks ($679.3M) in FY2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000723254-25-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTAS
- cik: 0000723254
- company_name: CINTAS CORP
- filed_at: 2025-07-17T23:59:59+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/723254/000072325425000013/0000723254-25-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325425000013/ctas-20250717.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723254-25-000013.txt

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