Cintas (CTAS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cintas (CTAS) reported Operating Margin of 23.22% for Q1 2026, down 15.0% on a YoY basis from 27.32% in Q1 2025, and down 0.83% sequentially from 23.42% in Q4 2025.

Cintas (CTAS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cintas (CTAS) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 23.22% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 15.0% year-over-year to 23.22%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at 22.95% (up 18.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 22.82%, up 127.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin declined to 23.22% in Q1 2026, from 23.42% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 23.42% in Q4 2025 to a low of 19.49% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 21.7% and a median of 21.64% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 242 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 46 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing CTAS's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 20.46% in 2022, then grew by 3 bps to 21.02% in 2023, then increased by 10 bps to 23.09% in 2024, then increased by 1 bps to 23.42% in 2025, then slipped by 1 bps to 23.22% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CTAS's Operating Margin at 23.22% in Q1 2026, 23.42% in Q4 2025, and 22.73% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 23.22%
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - 7.67%
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - 30.62%
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn 37.53%
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.53%
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 17.62%
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 18.21%
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 4.48%
10 Amentum Holdings 5.37 Bn 5.04 Bn 345.00 Mn 4.34%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 23.22%
Nov 30, 2025 23.42%
Aug 31, 2025 22.73%
May 31, 2025 22.40%
Feb 28, 2025 23.37%
Nov 30, 2024 23.09%
Aug 31, 2024 22.43%
May 31, 2024 22.16%
Feb 29, 2024 21.64%
Nov 30, 2023 21.02%
Aug 31, 2023 21.37%
May 31, 2023 20.61%
Feb 28, 2023 20.40%
Nov 30, 2022 20.46%
Aug 31, 2022 20.32%
May 31, 2022 19.49%
Feb 28, 2022 20.79%
Nov 30, 2021 19.83%
Aug 31, 2021 20.78%
May 31, 2021 19.42%