Cintas (CTAS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Cintas' (CTAS) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 30.25% in Q1 2026, down 35.0% year-on-year from 46.54% in Q1 2025, and down 3.56% quarter-over-quarter from 31.37% in Q4 2025.

Cintas (CTAS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cintas has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 30.25% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 30.25%, down 35.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 30.25% (down 35.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 30.05%, up 62.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 30.25% for Q1 2026 at Cintas, down from 31.37% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 31.37% in Q4 2025 to a low of 23.6% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 28.14% (2022), against an average of 27.5%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 1080 bps in 2022 and sank 355 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Cintas' Return on Capital Employed stood at 24.99% in 2022, then gained by 4 bps to 25.88% in 2023, then rose by 19 bps to 30.8% in 2024, then grew by 2 bps to 31.37% in 2025, then retreated by 4 bps to 30.25% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 30.25% (Q1 2026), 31.37% (Q4 2025), and 29.03% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 30.25%
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn 17.98%
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 7.10%
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 27.02%
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn 3.08%
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 7.90%
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 5.80%
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 9.19%
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 6.80%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 30.25%
Nov 30, 2025 31.37%
Aug 31, 2025 29.03%
May 31, 2025 29.23%
Feb 28, 2025 30.60%
Nov 30, 2024 30.80%
Aug 31, 2024 29.85%
May 31, 2024 28.55%
Feb 29, 2024 26.13%
Nov 30, 2023 25.88%
Aug 31, 2023 24.96%
May 31, 2023 24.78%
Feb 28, 2023 24.60%
Nov 30, 2022 24.99%
Aug 31, 2022 24.73%
May 31, 2022 23.60%
Feb 28, 2022 28.14%
Nov 30, 2021 25.32%
Aug 31, 2021 24.75%
May 31, 2021 21.79%