CTAS
Rank #76Rank #76 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.51) · ROE 37.8% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.
As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0000723254 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
Financials
Stable
Direction over 5 fiscal years
- Free cash flowimproving
- Gross marginstable
- Gross profitabilitydeteriorating
- Net cashdeteriorating
- Operating marginstable
- Return on equitystable
- Share count (dilution)deteriorating
Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable
Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2019-05-31filed 2019-07-26 | 2018-05-31filed 2018-07-27 | 2017-05-31filed 2017-07-31 | 2016-05-31filed 2016-07-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| Revenue | 6,892.3 | 6,476.6 | 5,323.4 | 4,905.5 |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.4% | 21.7% | 11.0% | 9.6% |
| Gross profit | 3,128.6 | 2,908.5 | 2,380.3 | 2,129.9 |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 44.9% | 44.7% | 43.4% |
| Net income | 885.0 | 842.6 | 480.7 | 693.5 |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 13.0% | 9.0% | 14.1% |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.99 | $7.56 | $4.38 | $6.21 |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 5.7% | 72.6% | -29.5% | — |
| Cash flow | ||||
| Operating cash flow | 1,067.9 | 964.2 | 763.9 | 465.8 |
| Capital expenditures | 276.7 | 271.7 | 273.3 | 275.4 |
| Free cash flow | 791.1 | 692.5 | 490.6 | 190.5 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?