Cintas dividend history

Cintas's dividend was $1.80 a share in fiscal 2026, up 15.4% on the year before. That was 35.1% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2022.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2027 Q1 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $1B
Dividends (TTM): $724M
Returned to shareholders: 85%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $2.6B
Diluted share count: −1.2%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 1.9%; dividends 0.8% + buybacks 1.1% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 35%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 27.4%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 50 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Cintas: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2010May 2010	2011May 2011	2012May 2012	2013May 2013	2014May 2014	2015May 2015	2016May 2016	2017May 2017	2018May 2018	2019May 2019	2020May 2020	2021May 2021	2022May 2022	2023May 2023	2024May 2024	2025May 2025	2026May 2026	LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share	$0.120	$0.122	$0.135	$0.160	$0.193	$0.425	$0.263	$0.333	$0.405	$0.512	$0.637	$1.00	$0.950	$1.15	$1.35	$1.56	$1.80	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+2.1%	+10.2%	+18.5%	+20.3%	+120.8%	−38.2%	+26.7%	+21.8%	+26.5%	+24.4%	+57.2%	−5.2%	+21.1%	+17.4%	+15.6%	+15.4%	—
Dividends paid	74	72	71	80	93	202	115	142	176	221	268	451	375	450	531	612	701	724
Share buybacks	1	444	392	216	371	552	780	21	127	1,016	465	554	1,526	399	700	935	952	1,002
Dividends ÷ net income	34.3%	29.1%	23.8%	25.3%	24.9%	46.9%	16.6%	29.6%	20.8%	24.9%	30.6%	40.6%	30.4%	33.4%	33.8%	33.7%	35.1%	35.2%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Cintas's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Cintas.