Cintas Deferred costs decreased by 0.5% to $96.10M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.4%, from $94.80M to $96.10M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Deferred costs shows an upward trend with a 5.0% CAGR.
An increase often signals strong sales growth and high customer acquisition activity, while a decrease may suggest slowing sales or changes in commission structures.
These are incremental costs of obtaining a contract, such as sales commissions, that are expected to be recovered and ar...
Standard in SaaS companies under ASC 606, often labeled as 'Deferred contract costs'.
current_assets_capitalized_contract_cost_net_current| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $80.20M | $81.30M | $82.80M | $83.70M | $86.10M | $88.20M | $90.40M | $92.50M | $94.10M | $93.90M | $94.30M | $94.60M | $95.00M | $95.00M | $94.80M | $96.50M | $96.50M | $96.60M | $96.10M |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.4% | +1.8% | +1.1% | +2.9% | +2.4% | +2.5% | +2.3% | +1.7% | -0.2% | +0.4% | +0.3% | +0.4% | +0.0% | -0.2% | +1.8% | +0.0% | +0.1% | -0.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +7.4% | +8.5% | +9.2% | +10.5% | +9.3% | +6.5% | +4.3% | +2.3% | +1.0% | +1.2% | +0.5% | +2.0% | +1.6% | +1.7% | +1.4% |