secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CINTAS CORP (CTAS)
CIK:        0000723254
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-23T12:31:07+00:00
Accession:  0000723254-26-000044
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cintas Q1 EPS $1.36, revenue +10.9%; raises FY27 guidance
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- Revenue $3.01B, +10.9% YoY; organic revenue +8.9%; gross margin 51.5% (+120 bps).
- Diluted EPS $1.36 GAAP; adjusted $1.39 excl. $0.03 UniFirst costs, +15.8% YoY.
- Operating income $711.9M, +15.2%, including $14.4M UniFirst transaction expenses.
- FY27 guidance raised: revenue $12.15-12.27B (was $12.10-12.25B); adj EPS $5.45-5.54 (was $5.36-5.50).
- Returned $208.8M dividend and $544.7M in buybacks during Q1 through Sep 22.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325426000044/0000723254-26-000044-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325426000044/ctas-20260923.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723254-26-000044

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