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FCF Margin for Cintas (CTAS)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

16.2%

YoY change

−0.41pp

Trough year (1991)

-3.8%

Peak year (2024)

17.4%

FCF Margin history chart for Cintas (CTAS) from 1990 to 2025

Latest: 17.0%

FCF Margin change chart for Cintas (CTAS) from 1990 to 2025

Latest: −0.41pp

FCF Margin history table for Cintas (CTAS) from 1990 to 2025

  • 202517.0%-0.41pp
  • 202417.4%+3.04pp
  • 202314.4%-2.14pp
  • 202216.5%-0.59pp
  • 202117.1%+2.13pp
  • 202015.0%+3.50pp
  • 201911.5%+0.79pp
  • 201810.7%+1.48pp
  • 20179.2%+5.33pp
  • 20163.9%-4.22pp
  • 20158.1%-2.06pp
  • 201410.2%+1.90pp
  • 20138.3%+0.72pp
  • 20127.5%+3.38pp
  • 20114.2%-8.55pp
  • 201012.7%+3.07pp
  • 20099.6%+0.63pp
  • 20089.0%+1.75pp
  • 20077.2%-1.72pp
  • 20069.0%+0.05pp
  • 20058.9%-5.19pp
  • 200414.1%+6.07pp
  • 20038.0%-3.87pp
  • 200211.9%+7.29pp
  • 20014.6%-0.47pp
  • 20005.1%+4.15pp
  • 19990.9%+0.26pp
  • 19980.7%-5.12pp
  • 19975.8%-1.83pp
  • 19967.6%+4.95pp
  • 19952.7%-3.87pp
  • 19946.5%-4.93pp
  • 199311.5%+3.60pp
  • 19927.9%+11.62pp
  • 1991-3.8%-4.31pp
  • 19900.6%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Cintas's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Cintas (CTAS)

According to Cintas's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 16.2%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Cintas (CTAS) free cash flow margin is 16.99% – contracted 0.4 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 17.41%, reached in 2024; the historical low of -3.75% was recorded in 1991.

Cintas FCF Margin by Year

Cintas FCF Margin 2025: 17.0%

In 2025, Cintas reported free cash flow margin of 16.99%, contracted 0.4 percentage points from 2024.

Cintas FCF Margin 2024: 17.4%

Cintas free cash flow margin in 2024 was 17.41%, expanded 3.0 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Cintas FCF Margin 2023: 14.4%

2023's free cash flow margin for Cintas came in at 14.37%, contracted 2.1 percentage points from 2022.

Cintas FCF Margin 2022: 16.5%

Cintas posted free cash flow margin of 16.51% in 2022, contracted 0.6 percentage points from 2021.

Cintas FCF Margin 2021: 17.1%

Cintas free cash flow margin in 2021 was 17.11%.

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