secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CINTAS CORP (CTAS)
CIK:        0000723254
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000723254-25-000038
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cintas Q2 FY2026 revenue $2.80B (+9.3%), EPS $1.21 (+11%); raises full-year guidance
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- Revenue $2.80B (+9.3% YoY); organic growth 8.6%; gross margin 50.4% (+60 bps).
- Diluted EPS $1.21 vs $1.09 YoY; operating margin 23.4% (record).
- Raises FY2026 revenue guidance to $11.15-11.22B (from $11.06-11.18B) and EPS to $4.81-4.88 (from $4.74-4.86).
- Returned $1.24B to shareholders YTD via $622.5M buybacks and $180.7M quarterly dividend.
- Q3 headwind: $15M land sale gain in prior year will not repeat.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325425000038/0000723254-25-000038-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325425000038/ctas-20251218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723254-25-000038

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