Cintas CTAS Operating margin
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Cintas’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Cintas’s 10-Q, filed April 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Cintas's operating margin?
- Cintas (CTAS) reported operating margin of 23% in Q4 2025.
- How has Cintas's operating margin changed year-over-year?
- Cintas's operating margin increased by 0.8% year-over-year, from 22.8% to 23%.
- What is the long-term trend for Cintas's operating margin?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cintas's operating margin has grown at a 5.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 72.2% to 89.8%.
- What does operating margin mean?
- The profit left from core operations for every dollar of sales, before interest and taxes.
- How do you interpret operating margin?
- Expanding operating margin shows operating leverage — revenue growing faster than the cost base. Compression points to rising overhead, pricing pressure, or investment ahead of revenue.
- How does operating margin compare across companies?
- Strong cross-company signal within a sector. Capital-light businesses sustain higher operating margins than capital-intensive ones.