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Cintas

First Aid and Safety Services was Cintas' fastest-growing segment in FY2026, up 14.3%

Revenue rose 8.9% to $11.3B in FY2026, from $10.3B in FY2025. Net income rose 10.4% to $2.0B. Uniform Rental and Facility Services was the largest segment, at 77% of revenue.

Prepared from SEC filings · Latest annual report: 10-K for FY2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026) · Latest quarter: 10-Q for the quarter ended Aug 31, 2026 (filed Oct 7, 2026) · Data pulled Oct 29, 2026

Key facts

Cintas (Nasdaq: CTAS) closed fiscal 2026 on May 31, 2026 with revenue of $11.3B, up 8.9% from a year before; net income came to $2.0B, up 10.4%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Aug 31, 2026: revenue of $3.0B, up 10.9% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $552M. Broken down by segment, Uniform Rental and Facility Services led with 77% of fiscal 2026 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Aug 31, 2026 (filed Oct 7, 2026).

Revenue$11.3BFY2026 · +8.9% vs FY2025

Net income$2.0BFY2026 · +10.4% vs FY2025

Operating cash flow$2.3BFY2026 · +5.1% vs FY2025

Cash & equivalents$244Mat Aug 31, 2026 · −15.7% vs FY2026 end

Total debt$2.4Bat Aug 31, 2026 · +0.0% vs FY2026 end

Diluted shares406MFY2026 avg · −1.0% vs FY2025

Revenue and net income, three fiscal yearsBy fiscal year, $bn

RevenueNet income

Source: 10-K FY2026, filed Jul 29, 2026

Quarterly revenue: fiscal 2027 vs a year earlierFiscal Q1, $bn (each quarter from that quarter's 10-Q)

FY2026FY2027

Source: 10-Q filed Oct 7, 2026

How it makes money

By segment, FY2026

LineAmountSharevs FY2025
Uniform Rental and Facility Services$8.6B77%+8.1%
First Aid and Safety Services$1.4B12%+14.3%
Fire Protection Services$929M8%+13.7%
Uniform Direct Sales$322M3%−2.0%

Source: 10-K FY2026, XBRL breakdown

By segment in FY2026: Uniform Rental and Facility Services (77%), First Aid and Safety Services (12%), Fire Protection Services (8%) and Uniform Direct Sales (3%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $11.3B.

By segment: three-year mixShare of the total each fiscal year

FY2024

78%11%8%

FY2025

77%12%8%

FY2026

77%12%8%

Uniform Rental and Facility ServicesFirst Aid and Safety ServicesFire Protection ServicesUniform Direct Sales

Source: 10-K FY2026

By product or service, FY2026

Uniform Rental and Facility Services$8.6B77%+8.1%

Other Products and Services$2.6B23%+11.8%

Share is of the FY2026 total; the last column is the change from FY2025.

Learn more: Revenue vs. net income · Gross, operating and net margin

What changed last quarter

How the quarter compared with a year earlier

Comparing Q1 FY2027 (Jun to Aug 2026) compared with Q1 FY2026 (Jun to Aug 2025)

Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.

Q1 FY2027Q1 FY2026

Company

Revenue

$3.0B Q1 FY2027

$2.7B Q1 FY2026

10.9% increase

Net income

$552M Q1 FY2027

$491M Q1 FY2026

12.3% increase

Source: Cintas 10-Q for the quarter ended Aug 31, 2026, filed Oct 7, 2026

By segment

Uniform Rental and Facility Services

$2.3B Q1 FY2027

$2.1B Q1 FY2026

9.7% increase

First Aid and Safety Services

$389M Q1 FY2027

$335M Q1 FY2026

16.1% increase

Source: Cintas 10-Q for the quarter ended Aug 31, 2026, filed Oct 7, 2026

Cash & equivalents $244M at Aug 31, 2026, vs $289M at FY2026 end.
Total debt $2.4B at Aug 31, 2026, vs $2.4B at FY2026 end.
Operating cash flow, first 3 months of fiscal 2027: $572M vs $414M a year earlier.

The bull case and the bear case

The bull case

Revenue rose 8.9% in FY2026 to $11.3B, from $10.3B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2026
Net income rose 10.4% in FY2026 to $2.0B, from $1.8B. 10-K, FY2026
Operating cash flow rose 5.1% in FY2026 to $2.3B. 10-K, FY2026
Revenue in the quarter ended Aug 31, 2026 was $3.0B, up 10.9% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Aug 31, 2026

The bear case

Uniform Direct Sales revenue fell 2.0% in FY2026 to $322M. 10-K, FY2026
The company's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K. Risks common in this industry include economic cycles; costs and supply; trade and tariffs. 10-K, Item 1A

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What the company does

Cintas is in the diversified support services industry, part of the industrials sector. The SEC files it under Men'S & Boys' Furnishgs, Work Clothg, & Allied Garments.

Cintas reports 4 segments: Uniform Rental and Facility Services, First Aid and Safety Services, Fire Protection Services and Uniform Direct Sales.

Its fiscal year ends in May; the latest, FY2026, ended May 31, 2026.

Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business

Risks common in this industry

These are general risks for companies in the diversified support services industry. They are not a summary of Cintas’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.

Economic cyclesDemand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment.
Costs and supplyMaterial, labor and supplier problems can raise costs or delay delivery.
Trade and tariffsTariffs and trade policy affect costs and sales.
Contracts and backlogLarge projects and government contracts can be delayed, cut or repriced.
Regulation and liabilitySafety, environmental and product-liability rules can raise costs.

Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)

Three years of key numbers

Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.

US$	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
Revenue	$9.6B	$10.3B	$11.3B
Net income	$1.6B	$1.8B	$2.0B
Operating cash flow	$2.1B	$2.2B	$2.3B
Cash & equivalents (year end)	$342M	$264M	$289M
Total debt (year end)	$2.5B	$2.4B	$2.4B
Diluted shares	413M	410M	406M

Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
Total debt: The current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.

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About these numbers

Cintas names its fiscal year by the calendar year in which it ends, so FY2026 is the year that ended May 31, 2026.

Recent filings

Form	Filed	Period
10-Q	Oct 7, 2026	Aug 31, 2026
DEF 14A	Sep 15, 2026	Oct 27, 2026
10-K	Jul 29, 2026	May 31, 2026

Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters

Common questions about Cintas

How does Cintas make money?

Fiscal 2026 revenue: $11.3B. By segment in FY2026: Uniform Rental and Facility Services (77%), First Aid and Safety Services (12%), Fire Protection Services (8%) and Uniform Direct Sales (3%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $11.3B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2026, filed Jul 29, 2026.

What was Cintas's revenue in fiscal 2026?

$11.3B, up 8.9% from fiscal 2025 ($10.3B). The year ended May 31, 2026; for fiscal 2024 the figure was $9.6B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2026, filed Jul 29, 2026.

Is Cintas profitable?

Net income was $2.0B in fiscal 2026 (up 10.4%; fiscal 2025 was $1.8B). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Aug 31, 2026: net income was $552M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2026, filed Jul 29, 2026.

What did Cintas report in its latest quarterly filing?

For the three months to Aug 31, 2026: revenue $3.0B (up 10.9% from $2.7B) and net income $552M (up 12.3% from $491M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Aug 31, 2026, filed Oct 7, 2026.

How much cash and debt does Cintas have?

As of Aug 31, 2026: $244M of cash and cash equivalents, $2.4B of total debt. Total debt here is the current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Oct 7, 2026.

What are the main risks Cintas faces?

Cintas's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2026, filed Jul 29, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the diversified support services industry include Economic cycles; costs and supply; trade and tariffs; contracts and backlog; regulation and liability. The first: Demand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.

Where do these Cintas numbers come from?

The 10-K filed Jul 29, 2026 (fiscal 2026) and the 10-Q filed Oct 7, 2026 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.

Disclosures

Editor holdings in CTAS: The editor holds no position in Cintas (CTAS). As of Oct 25, 2026.
Trading rule: The editor does not buy or sell CTAS from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
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Sources: The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
Last updated: Oct 29, 2026

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