TTM
50.4%
YoY change
+1.21pp
Trough year (2009)
41.1%
Peak year (2025)
50.0%
Latest annual
50.0%
Gross Margin history chart for Cintas (CTAS) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: 50.0%
Gross Margin change chart for Cintas (CTAS) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: +1.21pp
Gross Margin history table for Cintas (CTAS) from 1986 to 2025
| 2025 | 50.0% | +1.21pp | ||
| 2024 | 48.8% | +1.49pp | ||
| 2023 | 47.3% | +1.10pp | ||
| 2022 | 46.2% | -0.33pp | ||
| 2021 | 46.6% | +0.94pp | ||
| 2020 | 45.6% | +0.25pp | ||
| 2019 | 45.4% | +0.48pp | ||
| 2018 | 44.9% | +0.19pp | ||
| 2017 | 44.7% | +1.30pp | ||
| 2016 | 43.4% | +0.50pp | ||
| 2015 | 42.9% | +0.86pp | ||
| 2014 | 42.1% | +0.66pp | ||
| 2013 | 41.4% | -0.98pp | ||
| 2012 | 42.4% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2011 | 42.2% | +0.01pp | ||
| 2010 | 42.2% | +1.14pp | ||
| 2009 | 41.1% | -1.62pp | ||
| 2008 | 42.7% | +0.04pp | ||
| 2007 | 42.7% | -0.08pp | ||
| 2006 | 42.7% | +0.20pp | ||
| 2005 | 42.5% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2004 | 42.2% | +0.50pp | ||
| 2003 | 41.7% | -0.50pp | ||
| 2002 | 42.2% | +0.67pp | ||
| 2001 | 41.5% | -4.74pp | ||
| 2000 | 46.2% | +1.97pp | ||
| 1999 | 44.3% | -1.26pp | ||
| 1998 | 45.5% | -0.57pp | ||
| 1997 | 46.1% | +0.00pp | ||
| 1996 | 46.1% | +0.31pp | ||
| 1995 | 45.8% | -1.06pp | ||
| 1994 | 46.8% | +1.28pp | ||
| 1993 | 45.5% | +1.30pp | ||
| 1992 | 44.2% | -0.84pp | ||
| 1991 | 45.1% | +1.15pp | ||
| 1990 | 43.9% | +0.38pp | ||
| 1989 | 43.6% | -0.60pp | ||
| 1988 | 44.2% | -0.64pp | ||
| 1987 | 44.8% | +1.39pp | ||
| 1986 | 43.4% | — |
- 202550.0%+1.21pp
- 202448.8%+1.49pp
- 202347.3%+1.10pp
- 202246.2%-0.33pp
- 202146.6%+0.94pp
- 202045.6%+0.25pp
- 201945.4%+0.48pp
- 201844.9%+0.19pp
- 201744.7%+1.30pp
- 201643.4%+0.50pp
- 201542.9%+0.86pp
- 201442.1%+0.66pp
- 201341.4%-0.98pp
- 201242.4%+0.15pp
- 201142.2%+0.01pp
- 201042.2%+1.14pp
- 200941.1%-1.62pp
- 200842.7%+0.04pp
- 200742.7%-0.08pp
- 200642.7%+0.20pp
- 200542.5%+0.37pp
- 200442.2%+0.50pp
- 200341.7%-0.50pp
- 200242.2%+0.67pp
- 200141.5%-4.74pp
- 200046.2%+1.97pp
- 199944.3%-1.26pp
- 199845.5%-0.57pp
- 199746.1%+0.00pp
- 199646.1%+0.31pp
- 199545.8%-1.06pp
- 199446.8%+1.28pp
- 199345.5%+1.30pp
- 199244.2%-0.84pp
- 199145.1%+1.15pp
- 199043.9%+0.38pp
- 198943.6%-0.60pp
- 198844.2%-0.64pp
- 198744.8%+1.39pp
- 198643.4%—
Gross 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 Gross Margin at Cintas (CTAS)
According to Cintas's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 50.4%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
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) gross margin is 50.04% – expanded 1.2 percentage points year-over-year.
50.04% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 2025, against a low of 41.09% during 2009.
Cintas Gross Margin by Year
Cintas Gross Margin 2025: 50.0%
Cintas posted gross margin of 50.04% in 2025, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Cintas Gross Margin 2024: 48.8%
In 2024, Cintas reported gross margin of 48.83%, expanded 1.5 percentage points from 2023.
Cintas Gross Margin 2023: 47.3%
Cintas gross margin in 2023 was 47.34%, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2022.
Cintas Gross Margin 2022: 46.2%
2022's gross margin for Cintas came in at 46.24%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2021.
Cintas Gross Margin 2021: 46.6%
Cintas gross margin in 2021 was 46.58%.
See more financial history for Cintas (CTAS).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Industrials peers of Cintas (CTAS), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 45.7% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 35.1% | |
| 34.8% | |
| 32.5% | |
| 20.2% | |
| 4.8% |
- 45.7%
- 35.1%
- 34.8%
- 32.5%
- 20.2%
- 4.8%
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