TTM
23.0%
YoY change
+1.27pp
Trough year (2009)
10.8%
Peak year (2025)
22.8%
Latest annual
22.8%
Operating Margin history chart for Cintas (CTAS) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: 22.8%
Operating Margin change chart for Cintas (CTAS) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: +1.27pp
Operating Margin history table for Cintas (CTAS) from 1986 to 2025
| 2025 | 22.8% | +1.27pp | ||
| 2024 | 21.6% | +1.11pp | ||
| 2023 | 20.4% | +0.24pp | ||
| 2022 | 20.2% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2021 | 19.5% | +3.06pp | ||
| 2020 | 16.4% | -0.04pp | ||
| 2019 | 16.4% | +1.78pp | ||
| 2018 | 14.7% | +0.13pp | ||
| 2017 | 14.5% | -1.40pp | ||
| 2016 | 15.9% | +0.38pp | ||
| 2015 | 15.6% | +3.10pp | ||
| 2014 | 12.5% | -0.64pp | ||
| 2013 | 13.1% | -0.06pp | ||
| 2012 | 13.2% | +1.60pp | ||
| 2011 | 11.6% | +0.54pp | ||
| 2010 | 11.0% | +0.18pp | ||
| 2009 | 10.8% | -3.83pp | ||
| 2008 | 14.7% | -0.91pp | ||
| 2007 | 15.6% | -0.49pp | ||
| 2006 | 16.1% | -0.06pp | ||
| 2005 | 16.1% | -0.18pp | ||
| 2004 | 16.3% | +0.53pp | ||
| 2003 | 15.8% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2002 | 16.6% | -0.40pp | ||
| 2001 | 17.0% | -0.03pp | ||
| 2000 | 17.0% | +0.96pp | ||
| 1999 | 16.1% | -0.71pp | ||
| 1998 | 16.8% | -1.14pp | ||
| 1997 | 17.9% | +0.27pp | ||
| 1996 | 17.6% | +0.39pp | ||
| 1995 | 17.2% | -0.05pp | ||
| 1994 | 17.3% | +0.29pp | ||
| 1993 | 17.0% | +1.27pp | ||
| 1992 | 15.7% | +0.20pp | ||
| 1991 | 15.5% | +0.46pp | ||
| 1990 | 15.1% | +0.01pp | ||
| 1989 | 15.1% | +0.25pp | ||
| 1988 | 14.8% | -1.77pp | ||
| 1987 | 16.6% | -0.31pp | ||
| 1986 | 16.9% | — |
- 202522.8%+1.27pp
- 202421.6%+1.11pp
- 202320.4%+0.24pp
- 202220.2%+0.74pp
- 202119.5%+3.06pp
- 202016.4%-0.04pp
- 201916.4%+1.78pp
- 201814.7%+0.13pp
- 201714.5%-1.40pp
- 201615.9%+0.38pp
- 201515.6%+3.10pp
- 201412.5%-0.64pp
- 201313.1%-0.06pp
- 201213.2%+1.60pp
- 201111.6%+0.54pp
- 201011.0%+0.18pp
- 200910.8%-3.83pp
- 200814.7%-0.91pp
- 200715.6%-0.49pp
- 200616.1%-0.06pp
- 200516.1%-0.18pp
- 200416.3%+0.53pp
- 200315.8%-0.82pp
- 200216.6%-0.40pp
- 200117.0%-0.03pp
- 200017.0%+0.96pp
- 199916.1%-0.71pp
- 199816.8%-1.14pp
- 199717.9%+0.27pp
- 199617.6%+0.39pp
- 199517.2%-0.05pp
- 199417.3%+0.29pp
- 199317.0%+1.27pp
- 199215.7%+0.20pp
- 199115.5%+0.46pp
- 199015.1%+0.01pp
- 198915.1%+0.25pp
- 198814.8%-1.77pp
- 198716.6%-0.31pp
- 198616.9%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Cintas (CTAS)
According to Cintas's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 23.0%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
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) operating margin is 22.82% – expanded 1.3 percentage points year-over-year.
22.82% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 2025, against a low of 10.84% during 2009.
Cintas Operating Margin by Year
Cintas Operating Margin 2025: 22.8%
In 2025, Cintas reported operating margin of 22.82%, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Cintas Operating Margin 2024: 21.6%
Cintas operating margin in 2024 was 21.56%, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2023.
Cintas Operating Margin 2023: 20.4%
2023's operating margin for Cintas came in at 20.45%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2022.
Cintas Operating Margin 2022: 20.2%
Cintas posted operating margin of 20.21% in 2022, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2021.
Cintas Operating Margin 2021: 19.5%
Cintas operating margin in 2021 was 19.47%.
See more financial history for Cintas (CTAS).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of Cintas (CTAS), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 14.9% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
- 40.1%
- 18.5%
- 17.9%
- 16.6%
- 10.9%
- -5.9%
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