Cintas FY2026: $11.26 billion revenue, 11.6% EPS growth
Cintas closed fiscal 2026 with record revenue of $11.26 billion, a record 50.7% gross margin and 11.6% diluted EPS growth, then guided fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS 8.5% to 11.3% higher. Read it as steady compounding rather than a one-off quarter: organic revenue grew 8.3% and $1.65 billion went back to shareholders. The wildcard is the UniFirst deal, which guidance excludes.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowDiluted EPS for the year was $4.91 versus $4.40, up 11.6%, and adjusted EPS was $4.94 once $0.03 of UniFirst transaction costs are stripped out, up 12.3%. The fourth quarter was stronger than the year: $1.26 GAAP and $1.29 adjusted, up 18.3%. Net income was $2.00 billion, a 17.8% net margin, so the bottom line grew faster than revenue.
Full-year revenue rose 8.9% to $11.26 billion from $10.34 billion, and the company says 8.3% of that was organic. The fourth quarter was the biggest of the year at $2.91 billion, up 8.9%, split into $2.20 billion of uniform rental and facility services, $368.1 million of first aid and safety services and $339.4 million of everything else. The quarterly run-rate climbed steadily all year, from $2.72 billion to $2.84 billion before the $2.91 billion finish.
Management guided fiscal 2027 revenue to $12.10–$12.25 billion, growth of 7.4% to 8.7%, and adjusted diluted EPS to $5.36–$5.50, growth of 8.5% to 11.3%. Both ranges exclude the UniFirst acquisition. Because fiscal 2027 has one more workday than fiscal 2026, Cintas also shows workday-adjusted revenue growth of 7.0% to 8.3%.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-09-17
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