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Earnings Per Share | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2026
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Earnings Per Share Cintas uses the two-class method to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share as a result of outstanding participating securities in the form of restricted stock awards. The following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share using the two-class method for amounts attributable to Cintas’ common shares:
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
Basic Earnings per Share (In thousands except per share data) | February 28, 2026 |  | February 28, 2025 |  |  | February 28, 2026 |  | February 28, 2025
Net income | $ | 502,496 |  |  | $ | 463,497 |  |  |  | $ | 1,488,979 |  |  | $ | 1,364,025 |
Less: net income allocated to participating securities | 1,597 |  |  | 1,629 |  |  |  | 4,709 |  |  | 4,791 |
Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 500,899 |  |  | $ | 461,868 |  |  |  | $ | 1,484,270 |  |  | $ | 1,359,234 |
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | 400,040 |  |  | 403,769 |  |  |  | 401,622 |  |  | 403,568 |
Basic earnings per share | $ | 1.25 |  |  | $ | 1.14 |  |  |  | $ | 3.70 |  |  | $ | 3.37 |
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
Diluted Earnings per Share (In thousands except per share data) | February 28, 2026 |  | February 28, 2025 |  |  | February 28, 2026 |  | February 28, 2025
Net income | $ | 502,496 |  |  | $ | 463,497 |  |  |  | $ | 1,488,979 |  |  | $ | 1,364,025 |
Less: net income allocated to participating securities | 1,597 |  |  | 1,629 |  |  |  | 4,709 |  |  | 4,791 |
Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 500,899 |  |  | $ | 461,868 |  |  |  | $ | 1,484,270 |  |  | $ | 1,359,234 |
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | 400,040 |  |  | 403,769 |  |  |  | 401,622 |  |  | 403,568 |
Effect of dilutive securities – employee stock options | 4,677 |  |  | 6,538 |  |  |  | 5,214 |  |  | 6,924 |
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding | 404,717 |  |  | 410,307 |  |  |  | 406,836 |  |  | 410,492 |
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 1.24 |  |  | $ | 1.13 |  |  |  | $ | 3.65 |  |  | $ | 3.31 |
For the three months ended February 28, 2026 and 2025, options granted to purchase 2.1 million and 1.2 million shares of Cintas common stock, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. For the nine months ended February 28, 2026 and 2025, options granted to purchase 1.9 million and 0.9 million shares of Cintas common stock, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. The exercise prices of these options were greater than the average market price of the common stock (anti-dilutive). On July 26, 2022, Cintas announced that the Board of Directors (the Board) authorized a $1.0 billion share buyback program, which was completed during the second quarter of fiscal 2026. From the inception of the July 26, 2022 share buyback program through September 2025, Cintas purchased a total of 5.4 million shares of Cintas common stock at as average price of $185.01 per share for a total purchase price of $1.0 billion. On July 23, 2024, Cintas announced that the Board authorized a share buyback program for $1.0 billion. On October 28, 2025, Cintas announced that the Board authorized a new share buyback program, also for $1.0 billion. Neither of the outstanding share buyback programs have an expiration date. The following table summarizes the share buyback activity by program and period:
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
| February 28, 2026 |  |  | February 28, 2026
Buyback Activity (In thousands except per share data) | Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Purchase Price |  |  | Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Purchase Price
July 26, 2022 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | 1,272 |  |  | $ | 207.13 |  |  | $ | 263,564 |
July 23, 2024 | 20 |  |  | 183.00 |  |  | 3,715 |  |  |  | 2,688 |  |  | 189.32 |  |  | 508,924 |
October 28, 2025 | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
| 20 |  |  | $ | 183.00 |  |  | $ | 3,715 |  |  |  | 3,960 |  |  | $ | 195.04 |  |  | $ | 772,488 |
Shares acquired for taxes due (1) | 145 |  |  | $ | 192.95 |  |  | $ | 27,845 |  |  |  | 753 |  |  | $ | 213.57 |  |  | $ | 160,739 |
Total repurchase of Cintas common stock |  |  |  | $ | 31,560 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 933,227 |
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
| February 28, 2025 |  |  | February 28, 2025
Buyback Activity (In thousands except per share data) | Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Purchase Price |  |  | Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Purchase Price
July 26, 2022 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | 2,732 |  |  | $ | 173.40 |  |  | $ | 473,617 |
July 23, 2024 | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
| — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | 2,732 |  |  | $ | 173.40 |  |  | $ | 473,617 |
Shares acquired for taxes due (1) | 134 |  |  | $ | 197.89 |  |  | $ | 26,611 |  |  |  | 1,052 |  |  | $ | 194.31 |  |  | $ | 204,512 |
Total repurchase of Cintas common stock |  |  |  | $ | 26,611 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 678,129 |
(1) Shares of Cintas common stock acquired for employee payroll taxes due on options exercised and vested restricted stock awards. In addition to the share buyback activity presented above, Cintas acquired shares of Cintas common stock, via non-cash transactions, in connection with net-share settlements of option exercises. The following table summarizes Cintas' non-cash share buyback activity:
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
| February 28, 2026 |  |  | February 28, 2026
(In thousands except per share data) | Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Non-Cash Value |  |  | Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Non-Cash Value
Non-cash transaction activity | 153 |  |  | $ | 191.45 |  |  | $ | 29,312 |  |  |  | 547 |  |  | $ | 208.48 |  |  | $ | 113,963 |
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
| February 28, 2025 |  |  | February 28, 2025
| Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Non-Cash Value |  |  | Shares |  | Avg. Price per Share |  | Non-Cash Value
Non-cash transaction activity | 101 |  |  | $ | 196.09 |  |  | $ | 19,637 |  |  |  | 630 |  |  | $ | 194.15 |  |  | $ | 122,290 |
There were no share buybacks in the period subsequent to February 28, 2026, through April 7, 2026. From the inception of the July 23, 2024 share buyback program through April 7, 2026, Cintas has purchased 2.7 million shares of Cintas common stock in the aggregate, at an average price of $189.32 per share, for a total purchase price of $508.9 million. Cintas has made no purchases under the October 28, 2025 share buyback program.

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