CTASCintas

Industrials · Apparel · Nasdaq

Headquarters: Cincinnati, OH
CEO: Todd M. Schneider
Next results: around Dec 17, 2026

CTAS and 9 peers, year by year

The 9 Industrials companies closest to CTAS in revenue over the last twelve months. Every number is from the 10-K and links to it in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer.

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Each company's latest fiscal year
Company	Year	Revenue	Sales growth	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	FCF margin	Return on equity	Debt / equity
CTAS Cintas	FY2026	$11.3B	+8.9%	50.7%	23.1%	17.8%	16.7%	38.9%	0.28
WAB Wabtec	FY2025	$11.2B	+7.5%	34.1%	16.1%	10.5%	13.4%	10.5%	0.50
FIX Comfort Systems USA	FY2025	$9.1B	+29.5%	24.1%	14.4%	11.2%	11.3%	41.8%	0.06
NSC Norfolk Southern	FY2025	$12.2B	+0.5%	-	35.8%	23.6%	17.7%	18.5%	1.10
TDG TransDigm Group	FY2025	$8.8B	+11.2%	60.1%	47.2%	23.5%	20.6%	n/m	n/m
VRT Vertiv	FY2025	$10.2B	+27.7%	-	17.9%	13.0%	18.5%	33.8%	0.74
EXPD Expeditors International	FY2025	$11.1B	+4.4%	-	9.5%	7.3%	8.6%	34.4%	-
JBHT J.B. Hunt	FY2025	$12.0B	−0.7%	-	7.2%	5.0%	7.9%	16.8%	0.41
HWM Howmet Aerospace	FY2025	$8.3B	+11.1%	-	24.8%	18.3%	17.3%	28.2%	0.57
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	FY2025	$12.5B	+8.2%	-	5.3%	4.8%	6.4%	11.9%	0.53

Revenuepeer median $11.1B

Sales growthpeer median +8.2%

Gross marginpeer median 34.1%

TDG 60.1%
CTAS 50.7%
WAB 34.1%
FIX 24.1%
NSC -
VRT -
EXPD -
JBHT -
HWM -
HII -

Operating marginpeer median 16.1%

Net marginpeer median 11.2%

FCF marginpeer median 13.4%

Return on equitypeer median 23.3%

Debt / equitypeer median 0.53

NSC 1.10
VRT 0.74
HWM 0.57
HII 0.53
WAB 0.50
JBHT 0.41
CTAS 0.28
FIX 0.06
TDG n/m
EXPD -

RevenueSales growthGross marginOperating marginNet marginFree cash flowFCF marginReturn on equityDebt / equityEPS (diluted)

Revenue, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue as reported in the 10-K.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	$5.3B	$6.5B	$6.9B	$7.1B	$7.1B	$7.9B	$8.8B	$9.6B	$10.3B	$11.3B
WAB Dec	$3.9B	$4.4B	$8.2B	$7.6B	$7.8B	$8.4B	$9.7B	$10.4B	$11.2B	-
FIX Dec	$1.8B	$2.2B	$2.6B	$2.9B	$3.1B	$4.1B	$5.2B	$7.0B	$9.1B	-
NSC Dec	$10.6B	$11.5B	$11.3B	$9.8B	$11.1B	$12.7B	$12.2B	$12.1B	$12.2B	-
TDG Sep	$3.5B	$3.8B	$5.2B	$5.1B	$4.8B	$5.4B	$6.6B	$7.9B	$8.8B	-
VRT Dec	$0	$4.3B	$4.4B	$4.4B	$5.0B	$5.7B	$6.9B	$8.0B	$10.2B	-
EXPD Dec	$6.9B	$8.1B	$7.9B	$9.6B	$16.5B	$17.1B	$9.3B	$10.6B	$11.1B	-
JBHT Dec	$7.2B	$8.6B	$9.2B	$9.6B	$12.2B	$14.8B	$12.8B	$12.1B	$12.0B	-
HWM Dec	$13.0B	$6.8B	$7.1B	$5.3B	$5.0B	$5.7B	$6.6B	$7.4B	$8.3B	-
HII Dec	$7.4B	$8.2B	$8.9B	$9.4B	$9.5B	$10.7B	$11.5B	$11.5B	$12.5B	-
Peer median	$6.9B	$6.8B	$7.9B	$7.6B	$7.8B	$8.4B	$9.3B	$10.4B	$11.1B	-

Sales growth, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue against the fiscal year before.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	+11.0%	+21.7%	+6.4%	+2.8%	+0.4%	+10.4%	+12.2%	+8.9%	+7.7%	+8.9%
WAB Dec	+32.4%	+12.4%	+87.9%	−7.9%	+3.5%	+6.9%	+15.7%	+7.3%	+7.5%	-
FIX Dec	+9.4%	+22.1%	+19.8%	+9.2%	+7.6%	+34.7%	+25.8%	+35.0%	+29.5%	-
NSC Dec	+6.7%	+8.6%	−1.4%	−13.3%	+13.8%	+14.4%	−4.6%	−0.3%	+0.5%	-
TDG Sep	+10.5%	+8.8%	+37.1%	−2.3%	−6.0%	+13.2%	+21.3%	+20.6%	+11.2%	-
VRT Dec	-	-	+3.4%	−1.4%	+14.4%	+13.9%	+20.6%	+16.7%	+27.7%	-
EXPD Dec	+13.5%	+17.6%	+0.5%	+20.7%	+72.4%	+3.3%	−45.5%	+14.0%	+4.4%	-
JBHT Dec	+9.7%	+19.8%	+6.4%	+5.1%	+26.3%	+21.7%	−13.4%	−5.8%	−0.7%	-
HWM Dec	+4.6%	+8.1%	+4.7%	−25.9%	−5.5%	+13.9%	+17.3%	+11.9%	+11.1%	-
HII Dec	+5.3%	+9.9%	+8.8%	+5.2%	+1.7%	+12.1%	+7.3%	+0.7%	+8.2%	-
Peer median	+9.5%	+11.1%	+6.4%	−1.4%	+7.6%	+13.9%	+15.7%	+11.9%	+8.2%	-

Gross margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Gross profit / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	44.7%	44.9%	45.4%	45.6%	46.6%	46.2%	47.3%	48.8%	50.0%	50.7%
WAB Dec	27.4%	28.3%	27.8%	28.3%	30.3%	30.4%	30.4%	32.4%	34.1%	-
FIX Dec	20.5%	20.4%	19.2%	19.1%	18.3%	17.9%	19.0%	21.0%	24.1%	-
NSC Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TDG Sep	56.6%	57.1%	53.8%	51.9%	52.4%	57.1%	58.3%	58.8%	60.1%	-
VRT Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EXPD Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JBHT Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
HWM Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
HII Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peer median	27.4%	28.3%	27.8%	28.3%	30.3%	30.4%	30.4%	32.4%	34.1%	-

Operating margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Operating income / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	14.5%	14.7%	16.4%	16.4%	19.5%	20.2%	20.4%	21.6%	22.8%	23.1%
WAB Dec	10.8%	10.8%	8.1%	9.9%	11.2%	12.1%	13.1%	15.5%	16.1%	-
FIX Dec	5.6%	6.9%	6.3%	6.7%	6.1%	6.1%	8.0%	10.7%	14.4%	-
NSC Dec	33.4%	34.6%	35.3%	30.7%	39.9%	37.7%	23.5%	33.6%	35.8%	-
TDG Sep	42.3%	43.4%	36.9%	34.3%	35.2%	40.8%	44.4%	44.5%	47.2%	-
VRT Dec	-	-	4.7%	4.9%	5.2%	3.9%	12.7%	17.1%	17.9%	-
EXPD Dec	10.1%	9.8%	9.7%	9.8%	11.6%	10.7%	10.1%	9.8%	9.5%	-
JBHT Dec	8.7%	7.9%	8.0%	7.4%	8.6%	9.0%	7.7%	6.9%	7.2%	-
HWM Dec	3.7%	11.4%	8.2%	11.9%	15.0%	16.2%	18.1%	22.0%	24.8%	-
HII Dec	11.8%	11.6%	8.3%	8.5%	5.4%	5.3%	6.8%	4.6%	5.3%	-
Peer median	10.5%	11.1%	8.2%	9.8%	11.2%	10.7%	12.7%	15.5%	16.1%	-

Net margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Net income / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	9.0%	13.0%	12.8%	12.4%	15.6%	15.7%	15.3%	16.4%	17.5%	17.8%
WAB Dec	6.8%	6.8%	4.0%	5.5%	7.1%	7.6%	8.4%	10.2%	10.5%	-
FIX Dec	3.1%	5.2%	4.4%	5.3%	4.7%	5.9%	6.2%	7.4%	11.2%	-
NSC Dec	51.2%	23.3%	24.1%	20.6%	27.0%	25.7%	15.0%	21.6%	23.6%	-
TDG Sep	17.0%	25.1%	17.0%	13.7%	14.2%	16.0%	19.7%	21.6%	23.5%	-
VRT Dec	-	−7.3%	−3.2%	−7.5%	2.4%	1.3%	6.7%	6.2%	13.0%	-
EXPD Dec	7.1%	7.6%	7.4%	7.3%	8.6%	8.0%	8.1%	7.6%	7.3%	-
JBHT Dec	9.5%	5.7%	5.6%	5.3%	6.3%	6.5%	5.7%	4.7%	5.0%	-
HWM Dec	−0.6%	9.5%	6.6%	5.0%	5.2%	8.3%	11.5%	15.5%	18.3%	-
HII Dec	6.4%	10.2%	6.2%	7.4%	5.7%	5.4%	5.9%	4.8%	4.8%	-
Peer median	6.9%	7.6%	6.2%	5.5%	6.3%	7.6%	8.1%	7.6%	11.2%	-

Free cash flow, FY2017 to FY2026

Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	$490.6M	$692.5M	$791.1M	$1.1B	$1.2B	$1.3B	$1.3B	$1.7B	$1.8B	$1.9B
WAB Dec	$99.3M	$221.4M	$830.0M	$648.0M	$943.0M	$889.0M	$1.0B	$1.6B	$1.5B	-
FIX Dec	$78.6M	$119.9M	$110.3M	$262.4M	$157.8M	$253.2M	$544.7M	$738.0M	$1.0B	-
NSC Dec	$1.5B	$1.8B	$1.9B	$2.1B	$2.8B	$2.3B	$852.0M	$1.7B	$2.2B	-
TDG Sep	$717.7M	$949.0M	$913.0M	$1.1B	$808.0M	$829.0M	$1.2B	$1.9B	$1.8B	-
VRT Dec	-	−$286.5M	$9.9M	$164.5M	$137.5M	−$252.8M	$772.6M	$1.2B	$1.9B	-
EXPD Dec	$393.6M	$525.3M	$724.7M	$607.4M	$832.2M	$2.0B	$1.0B	$682.9M	$953.4M	-
JBHT Dec	$328.2M	$92.2M	$244.2M	$384.3M	$276.3M	$236.1M	−$117.8M	$617.8M	$947.6M	-
HWM Dec	−$635.0M	−$551.0M	−$180.0M	−$258.0M	$250.0M	$540.0M	$682.0M	$977.0M	$1.4B	-
HII Dec	$432.0M	$451.0M	$366.0M	$740.0M	$429.0M	$482.0M	$678.0M	$26.0M	$794.0M	-
Peer median	$360.9M	$221.4M	$366.0M	$607.4M	$429.0M	$540.0M	$772.6M	$977.0M	$1.4B	-

FCF margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Free cash flow / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	9.2%	10.7%	11.5%	15.0%	17.1%	16.5%	14.2%	17.3%	17.0%	16.7%
WAB Dec	2.6%	5.1%	10.1%	8.6%	12.1%	10.6%	10.5%	15.7%	13.4%	-
FIX Dec	4.4%	5.5%	4.2%	9.2%	5.1%	6.1%	10.5%	10.5%	11.3%	-
NSC Dec	14.5%	15.5%	16.6%	21.9%	25.0%	17.8%	7.0%	13.8%	17.7%	-
TDG Sep	20.5%	24.9%	17.5%	21.7%	16.8%	15.3%	18.8%	23.7%	20.6%	-
VRT Dec	-	−6.7%	0.2%	3.8%	2.8%	−4.4%	11.3%	14.4%	18.5%	-
EXPD Dec	5.7%	6.5%	9.1%	6.3%	5.0%	12.0%	10.9%	6.4%	8.6%	-
JBHT Dec	4.6%	1.1%	2.7%	4.0%	2.3%	1.6%	−0.9%	5.1%	7.9%	-
HWM Dec	−4.9%	−8.1%	−2.5%	−4.9%	5.0%	9.5%	10.3%	13.1%	17.3%	-
HII Dec	5.8%	5.5%	4.1%	7.9%	4.5%	4.5%	5.9%	0.2%	6.4%	-
Peer median	5.1%	5.5%	4.2%	7.9%	5.0%	9.5%	10.5%	13.1%	13.4%	-

Return on equity, FY2017 to FY2026

Net income / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	20.9%	27.9%	29.5%	27.1%	30.1%	37.4%	34.9%	36.4%	38.7%	38.9%
WAB Dec	9.3%	10.3%	3.3%	4.1%	5.5%	6.3%	7.8%	10.5%	10.5%	-
FIX Dec	13.2%	22.7%	19.5%	21.6%	17.8%	24.6%	25.3%	30.6%	41.8%	-
NSC Dec	33.0%	17.4%	17.9%	13.6%	22.0%	25.7%	14.3%	18.3%	18.5%	-
TDG Sep	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	-
VRT Dec	n/m	n/m	n/m	−63.9%	8.4%	5.3%	22.8%	20.4%	33.8%	-
EXPD Dec	24.6%	31.1%	26.9%	26.2%	40.5%	43.6%	31.5%	36.4%	34.4%	-
JBHT Dec	37.3%	23.3%	22.8%	19.5%	24.4%	26.4%	17.7%	14.2%	16.8%	-
HWM Dec	−1.5%	11.5%	10.2%	7.3%	7.4%	13.0%	18.9%	25.4%	28.2%	-
HII Dec	27.2%	55.1%	34.6%	36.6%	19.4%	16.6%	16.6%	11.8%	11.9%	-
Peer median	24.6%	22.7%	19.5%	16.5%	18.6%	20.6%	18.3%	19.3%	23.3%	-

Debt / equity, FY2017 to FY2026

Total debt / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	1.23	0.84	0.88	0.79	0.45	0.75	0.64	0.47	0.52	0.28
WAB Dec	0.67	1.35	0.44	0.42	0.40	0.40	0.39	0.39	0.50	-
FIX Dec	0.14	0.15	0.39	0.34	0.48	0.26	0.03	0.04	0.06	-
NSC Dec	0.60	0.73	0.80	0.86	1.01	1.19	1.34	1.20	1.10	-
TDG Sep	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	-
VRT Dec	-	-	n/m	4.20	2.10	2.21	1.46	1.20	0.74	-
EXPD Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JBHT Dec	0.59	0.55	0.57	0.50	0.30	0.34	0.32	0.24	0.41	-
HWM Dec	1.39	1.21	1.52	1.52	1.21	1.16	0.92	0.73	0.57	-
HII Dec	0.73	0.85	0.81	0.89	1.17	0.83	0.60	0.69	0.53	-
Peer median	0.63	0.79	0.69	0.86	1.01	0.83	0.60	0.69	0.53	-

EPS (diluted), FY2017 to FY2026

Diluted earnings per share, on today's share count after splits.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
CTAS May	$1.09	$1.89	$2.00	$2.03	$2.56	$2.91	$3.25	$3.79	$4.40	$4.91
WAB Dec	$2.72	$3.05	$1.84	$2.17	$2.96	$3.46	$4.53	$6.04	$6.83	-
FIX Dec	$1.47	$3.00	$3.08	$4.09	$3.93	$6.82	$9.01	$14.60	$28.88	-
NSC Dec	$18.61	$9.51	$10.25	$7.84	$12.11	$13.88	$8.02	$11.57	$12.75	-
TDG Sep	$7.88	$16.20	$13.84	$8.96	$10.41	$13.40	$22.03	$25.62	$32.08	-
VRT Dec	-	−$2.65	−$1.19	−$1.07	$0.33	−$0.04	$1.19	$1.28	$3.41	-
EXPD Dec	$2.69	$3.48	$3.39	$4.07	$8.27	$8.26	$5.01	$5.72	$5.95	-
JBHT Dec	$6.18	$4.43	$4.77	$4.74	$7.14	$9.21	$6.97	$5.56	$6.12	-
HWM Dec	−$0.28	$1.30	$1.03	-	$0.59	$1.11	$1.83	$2.81	$3.71	-
HII Dec	$10.46	$19.09	$13.26	$17.14	$13.50	$14.44	$17.07	$13.96	$15.39	-
Peer median	$4.45	$3.48	$3.39	$4.42	$7.14	$8.26	$6.97	$6.04	$6.83	-

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