Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Earnings: Q1 Fiscal 2027 Results and Next Report Date

The quarter ended August 31, 2026 and Cintas published the results on September 23, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q1 fiscal 2026, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Cintas reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and adjusted diluted EPS, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Cintas' fiscal year ends May 31. Q1 fiscal 2027 is the quarter ended August 31, 2026, and had 66 workdays against 65 a year earlier.
• Adjusted diluted EPS excludes $14.4 million of transaction expenses for the proposed UniFirst acquisition, a $0.03 impact. Q1 fiscal 2026 had no such adjustment, so its adjusted figure equals GAAP EPS of $1.20.

Source: Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 results, September 23, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Cintas splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q1 fiscal 2027 against Q1 fiscal 2026. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Cintas's Uniform Rental and Facility Services revenue was $2.3 billion in Q1 fiscal 2027, up 10% from $2.1 billion in Q1 fiscal 2026, 76% of total revenue.
• Cintas's First Aid and Safety Services revenue was $389 million in Q1 fiscal 2027, up 16% from $335 million in Q1 fiscal 2026, 13% of total revenue.
• Cintas's All Other revenue was $331 million in Q1 fiscal 2027, up 13% from $292 million in Q1 fiscal 2026, 11% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

The first two quotes are from CEO Todd M. Schneider in the release; the last two are from the release's guidance notes.

In its Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Cintas said:

“We are raising our annual revenue expectations from a range of $12.10 billion to $12.25 billion to a range of $12.15 billion to $12.27 billion, and we are raising our adjusted diluted EPS expectations from a range of $5.36 to $5.50 to a range of $5.45 to $5.54.”

“The adjusted diluted EPS guide does not include the impact of non-recurring transaction expenses related to the UniFirst acquisition.”

“Guidance excludes expected impacts from the proposed UniFirst acquisition.”

“Fiscal year 2027 effective tax rate is expected to be 20.4% compared to 20.2% in fiscal year 2026.”

Source: Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Sep 23, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the CTAS forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

Total revenue and diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release.

Cintas's next report is expected around December 17, 2026, a date estimated from its reporting history that the company has not yet confirmed. This page will show Q1 fiscal 2027 until those results are out and have been checked against the release.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q1 fiscal 2027 (this page), reported Sep 23, 2026

Cintas' revenue is mostly uniform rental. In Q1 fiscal 2027, Uniform Rental and Facility Services brought in $2,294.7 million, 76.1% of total revenue of $3,014 million. That segment rents and services uniforms, flame resistant clothing, mats, mops and shop towels, and also covers restroom cleaning and supplies. First Aid and Safety Services was 12.9% of revenue, Fire Protection Services 8.4% and Uniform Direct Sales 2.6%. (Cintas Form 10-Q, Q1 fiscal 2027, Oct 7, 2026; Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026)

Cintas' revenue rose 10.9%, and organic growth, which adjusts for acquisitions, currency and workdays, was 8.9%. The quarter had 66 workdays against 65, which added 1.7% to growth, and acquisitions added 0.4%. Organic growth was 8.0% in Uniform Rental and Facility Services and 14.2% in First Aid and Safety Services. (Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026; Cintas Form 10-Q, Q1 fiscal 2027, Oct 7, 2026)

Cintas attributes First Aid and Safety Services growth to new business sold by sales representatives, penetration of additional products and services into existing customers, price increases and strong customer retention. Over 95% of Cintas' revenue comes from fees for route servicing performed by a Cintas employee-partner at the customer's location. (Cintas Form 10-Q, Q1 fiscal 2027, Oct 7, 2026)

Cintas agreed on March 10, 2026 to acquire UniFirst in a transaction valued at about $5.5 billion, with each UniFirst share converted into $155.00 in cash and 0.7720 Cintas shares. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is reviewing the deal, which Cintas expects to close before the end of calendar 2026. Cintas' fiscal 2027 revenue guidance excludes UniFirst. (Cintas Form 10-Q, Q1 fiscal 2027, Oct 7, 2026; Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026)

Cintas' GAAP diluted EPS rose 13.3% to $1.36 from $1.20. Adjusted diluted EPS of $1.39, up 15.8%, excludes UniFirst transaction expenses of $14.4 million, which cut GAAP EPS by $0.03. Operating income rose 15.2% to $711.9 million, a record 23.6% of revenue against 22.7%, and gross margin reached 51.5% of revenue, up 120 basis points. (Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026)

Cintas' effective tax rate rose to 20.0% from 17.6%, and Cintas said both quarters were affected by discrete items, mainly the tax accounting for stock-based compensation. Net income rose 12.3% to $551.7 million, slower than operating income because of the higher tax rate. (Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026)

Cintas' diluted weighted average share count fell to 404,290 thousand from 409,294 thousand. During the quarter and through September 22, 2026, Cintas bought back shares for a total of $544.7 million, and on September 15, 2026 it paid a quarterly dividend totaling $208.8 million. (Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Cintas gives full-year guidance in its release and raised it with Q1 fiscal 2027 results. It now expects fiscal 2027 revenue of $12.15 billion to $12.27 billion, growth of 7.9% to 8.9% over fiscal 2026 revenue of $11,264.8 million, up from $12.10 billion to $12.25 billion. Adjusted diluted EPS guidance rose to $5.45 to $5.54 from $5.36 to $5.50, against $4.94 in fiscal 2026. (Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026)

Cintas' guidance excludes the UniFirst acquisition and its transaction costs, assumes no future acquisitions or share buybacks and a constant exchange rate, and includes one more workday than fiscal 2026. It expects interest, net of about $103.0 million and an effective tax rate of 20.4%. (Cintas Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings release, Sep 23, 2026)

A consensus figure is the average of the models published by the analysts who cover Cintas, collected by a data provider and revised up to the day of the report. A quarter that lands above it says how expectations were set as much as how the business did, and the share price on the day also reflects the guidance and the lines no consensus covers.

The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Cintas's own release and filings put weight on for Q1 fiscal 2027, with the latest reported value for each.

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