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CTAS · CIK 0000723254 · FY2025 live · 2025-05-31

CINTAS CORP

SafeSEC 10-KClassic ZConsumer88th percentile in Consumer · 112 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2025

4.29

Zone

Safe

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

4.29

Z″ 7.68

−21.83.08+

Score 4.29 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.18
    1.2 × = 0.22

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    1.20
    1.4 × = 1.68

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    0.24
    3.3 × = 0.79

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    0.91
    0.6 × = 0.55

  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    1.05
    1 × = 1.05

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

89.27

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    89

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    90

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Approaching grey

    low · 33

    • Live score: — → 4.29
    • Cut: — → 1.80

Overview

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CINTAS CORP is on classic Z at 4.29 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print; sales / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 88th percentile in Consumer.

Filing line items

Current assets

$3.4B

Total assets

$9.8B

Current liabilities

$1.6B

Total liabilities

$5.1B

Working capital

$1.8B

Retained earnings

$11.8B

EBIT

$2.4B

Total sales

$10.3B

Book equity

$4.7B

Accession 0000723254-25-000017. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-05-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.