secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CINTAS CORP (CTAS)
CIK:        0000723254
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000723254-25-000013
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325425000013/0000723254-25-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325425000013/ctas-20250717.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723254-25-000013

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