CTASCintas

Industrials · Apparel · Nasdaq

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

The biggest changes in the 10-K filed 2026-07-29, this fiscal year against the last, and the sentences in the MD&A (Item 7) where management explains them, quoted word for word. Tickdelta picks sentences that name the line, a direction and a cause. It does not write explanations of its own.

Net income

+10.4% Big change FY to 2026-05-31 vs 2025-05-31

The MD&A has no sentence that names a cause for this change. That can be worth a question: ask about the filing.

Revenue

+8.9% FY to 2026-05-31 vs 2025-05-31

“Revenue increased organically by 8.3% primarily as a result of increased sales volume.”
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“Revenue growth was positively impacted by 0.4% due to acquisitions and 0.1% due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.”
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Gross margin

50.0% → 50.7% (+0.6 pts) FY to 2026-05-31 vs 2025-05-31

“The improvement in cost of sales as a percent to revenue was primarily due to favorable changes in the sales mix and sourcing and productivity initiatives in the First Aid and Safety Services reportable operating segment.”
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“Cost of sales for the First Aid and Safety Services reportable operating segment increased $67.9 million, or 13.0%, in fiscal 2026, due to higher sales volume.”
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Cash from operations

+5.1% FY to 2026-05-31 vs 2025-05-31

The MD&A has no sentence that names a cause for this change. That can be worth a question: ask about the filing.

Operating margin

22.8% → 23.1% (+0.3 pts) FY to 2026-05-31 vs 2025-05-31

“The increase in operating income was due to the previously discussed growth in revenue and improvements in gross margin.”
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