Cintas (CTAS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cintas' (CTAS) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 23.22% in Q1 2026, down 15.0% year-on-year from 27.32% in Q1 2025, and down 0.83% quarter-over-quarter from 23.42% in Q4 2025.

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

Cintas has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 23.22% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 23.22%, down 15.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 22.95% (up 18.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 22.82%, up 127.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 23.22% for Q1 2026 at Cintas, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 21.64% (2024), against an average of 21.7%.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 242 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 46 bps in 2022.
  • Cintas' Operating Margin stood at 20.46% in 2022, then increased by 3 bps to 21.02% in 2023, then rose by 10 bps to 23.09% in 2024, then rose by 1 bps to 23.42% in 2025, then dropped by 1 bps to 23.22% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 23.22% (Q1 2026), 23.42% (Q4 2025), and 22.73% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 23.22%
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn 37.53%
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 17.62%
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 18.21%
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.53%
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 4.48%
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 4.34%
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 28.55%
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 4.18%

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%