Cintas (CTAS) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Cintas' (CTAS) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 20.55% in Q1 2026, down 41.0% year-on-year from 34.84% in Q1 2025, and down 2.99% quarter-over-quarter from 21.19% in Q4 2025.

Cintas (CTAS) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cintas has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 20.55% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 20.55%, down 41.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 20.35% (up 61.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 19.96%, down 41.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 20.55% for Q1 2026 at Cintas, down from 21.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 22.81% in Q2 2022 to a low of 14.75% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 20.94% (2023), against an average of 20.15%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate surged 442 bps in 2023 and sank 340 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Cintas' Tax Rate stood at 22.11% in 2022, then dropped by 5 bps to 20.94% in 2023, then dropped by 1 bps to 20.72% in 2024, then rose by 2 bps to 21.19% in 2025, then fell by 3 bps to 20.55% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 20.55% (Q1 2026), 21.19% (Q4 2025), and 17.58% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 20.55%
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn 20.06%
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 21.71%
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 24.81%
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn 5.27%
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 25.72%
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 30.77%
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 20.22%
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 25.08%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 20.55%
Feb 28, 2026 20.55%
Nov 30, 2025 21.19%
Nov 30, 2025 21.19%
Aug 31, 2025 17.58%
Aug 31, 2025 17.58%
May 31, 2025 22.10%
May 31, 2025 22.10%
Feb 28, 2025 20.96%
Feb 28, 2025 20.96%
Nov 30, 2024 20.72%
Nov 30, 2024 20.72%
Aug 31, 2024 15.77%
Aug 31, 2024 15.77%
May 31, 2024 21.40%
May 31, 2024 21.40%
Feb 29, 2024 19.88%
Feb 29, 2024 19.88%
Nov 30, 2023 20.94%
Nov 30, 2023 20.94%