Cintas (CTAS) FCF Payout Ratio (2014 - 2026)

Cintas' (CTAS) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.34 in Q1 2026, up 12.14% year-on-year from 0.3 in Q1 2025, and down 20.61% quarter-over-quarter from 0.43 in Q4 2025.

Cintas (CTAS) FCF Payout Ratio (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cintas has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 0.34 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.34, up 12.14% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.38 (up 15.91% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.35, up 8.78% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.34 for Q1 2026 at Cintas, down from 0.43 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.51 in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.21 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.34 (2026), against an average of 0.36.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio plunged 77.1% in 2022 and surged 34.18% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Cintas' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.48 in 2022, then decreased by 3.57% to 0.46 in 2023, then slipped by 0.96% to 0.46 in 2024, then decreased by 6.37% to 0.43 in 2025, then decreased by 20.61% to 0.34 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.34 (Q1 2026), 0.43 (Q4 2025), and 0.5 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 0.34
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn -
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 0.33
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 0.13
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.12
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 0.11
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 0.05
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 0.82
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 0.20

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 0.34
Nov 30, 2025 0.43
Aug 31, 2025 0.50
May 31, 2025 0.30
Feb 28, 2025 0.30
Nov 30, 2024 0.46
Aug 31, 2024 0.38
May 31, 2024 0.24
Feb 29, 2024 0.25
Nov 30, 2023 0.46
Aug 31, 2023 0.51
May 31, 2023 0.27
Feb 28, 2023 0.34
Nov 30, 2022 0.48
Aug 31, 2022 0.43
May 31, 2022 0.21
Feb 28, 2022 0.29
Nov 30, 2021 0.36
Aug 31, 2021 0.37
May 31, 2021 0.19