Cintas Corporation (CTAS) FY2026 Q3 Statement of Cash Flows

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Statement of Cash Flows

2025-12-01 to 2026-02-28

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Cintas Corporation cash flow reconciliation, Dec 1, 2025 through Feb 28, 2026One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $502,496,000.00Depreciation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $80,149,000.00Amortization of intangible assets and capitalized contract costs → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $48,521,000.00Accrued compensation and related liabilities → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $41,773,000.00Accrued liabilities and other → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $37,476,000.00Stock-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $34,249,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $12,295,000.00Income taxes, current → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $6,788,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $118,976,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accounts receivable, net: $56,459,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Prepaid expenses and other current assets and capitalized contract costs: $34,489,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Uniforms and other rental items in service: $25,060,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accounts payable: $23,573,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Inventories, net: $2,694,000.00Other, net → investing reconciliation: $1,042,000.00investing reconciliation → Capital expenditures: $90,898,000.00investing reconciliation → Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired: $9,449,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of investments: $1,765,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $539,961,000.00Proceeds from exercise of stock-based compensation awards → financing reconciliation: $60,000.00financing reconciliation → Issuance of commercial paper, net: $321,260,000.00financing reconciliation → Dividends paid: $180,741,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchase of common stock: $31,560,000.00financing reconciliation → Other, net: $6,460,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $101,070,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $1,921,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $200,842,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $621,472,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $183,204,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $101,070,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $539,961,000.00Net income: $502,496,000.00Net income+$502.50 MDepreciation: $80,149,000.00Depreciation expense+$80.15 MAmortization of intangible assets and capitalized contract costs: $48,521,000.00Amortization expense+$48.52 MStock-based compensation: $34,249,000.00Stock-based compensation+$34.25 MGain on sale of property and equipment: $0.00Deferred income taxes: $12,295,000.00Deferred tax balances+$12.30 MAccounts receivable, net: -$56,459,000.00Accounts receivable−$56.46 MInventories, net: -$2,694,000.00Inventories−$2.69 MUniforms and other rental items in service: -$25,060,000.00Uniforms & rental items−$25.06 MPrepaid expenses and other current assets and capitalized contract costs: -$34,489,000.00Prepaid & other assets−$34.49 MAccounts payable: -$23,573,000.00Accounts payable−$23.57 MAccrued compensation and related liabilities: $41,773,000.00Accrued compensation+$41.77 MAccrued liabilities and other: $37,476,000.00Accrued liabilities+$37.48 MIncome taxes, current: $6,788,000.00Income taxes, net+$6.79 MNet cash from operating activities: $621,472,000.00Operating cash+$621.47 MOperating adjustments reconciliation: $261,251,000.00Issuance of commercial paper, net: -$321,260,000.00Commercial paper, net−$321.26 MProceeds from exercise of stock-based compensation awards: $60,000.00Employee stock plans & options+$60.00 KDividends paid: -$180,741,000.00Common dividends paid−$180.74 MRepurchase of common stock: -$31,560,000.00Common stock repurchases−$31.56 MOther, net: -$6,460,000.00Other financing, net−$6.46 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$539,961,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$539.96 Mfinancing reconciliation: $540,021,000.00Capital expenditures: -$90,898,000.00PP&E purchases−$90.90 MPurchases of investments: -$1,765,000.00Investment purchases−$1.77 MProceeds from sale of property and equipment: $0.00Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired: -$9,449,000.00Acquisitions, net of cash−$9.45 MOther, net: $1,042,000.00Other investing, net+$1.04 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$101,070,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$101.07 Minvesting reconciliation: $102,112,000.00Cash sources and uses: $824,235,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $200,842,000.00Beginning cash$200.84 MEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $183,204,000.00Ending cash$183.20 MExchange-rate effect: $1,921,000.00FX effect+$1.92 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$530.57 MOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income1.24×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change−$17.64 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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Cintas Corporation cash flow reconciliation, Dec 1, 2025 through Feb 28, 2026

Cash flows for Dec 1, 2025 through Feb 28, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Nov 30, 2025. Ending cash: Feb 28, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Nov 30, 2025
200,842,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
621,472,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
502,496,000 US dollars
Depreciation
80,149,000 US dollars
Amortization of intangible assets and capitalized contract costs
48,521,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation
34,249,000 US dollars
Gain on sale of property and equipment
0 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
12,295,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable, net
negative 56,459,000 US dollars
Inventories, net
negative 2,694,000 US dollars
Uniforms and other rental items in service
negative 25,060,000 US dollars
Prepaid expenses and other current assets and capitalized contract costs
negative 34,489,000 US dollars
Accounts payable
negative 23,573,000 US dollars
Accrued compensation and related liabilities
41,773,000 US dollars
Accrued liabilities and other
37,476,000 US dollars
Income taxes, current
6,788,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 101,070,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Capital expenditures
negative 90,898,000 US dollars
Purchases of investments
negative 1,765,000 US dollars
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
0 US dollars
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
negative 9,449,000 US dollars
Other, net
1,042,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 539,961,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Issuance of commercial paper, net
negative 321,260,000 US dollars
Proceeds from exercise of stock-based compensation awards
60,000 US dollars
Dividends paid
negative 180,741,000 US dollars
Repurchase of common stock
negative 31,560,000 US dollars
Other, net
negative 6,460,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
261,251,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
540,021,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
102,112,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
1,921,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Feb 28, 2026
183,204,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
824,235,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
negative 17,638,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.24×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
621,472,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
90,898,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
530,574,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $118.98M after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 621,472,000 US dollars minus 90,898,000 US dollars equals 530,574,000 US dollars.
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