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Cintas Corporation Announces Fiscal 2022 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) today reported results for its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter ended May 31, 2022. Revenue for the
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[{"type":"text","content":" CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) today reported results for its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter ended May 31, 2022. Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 was $2.07 billion compared to $1.84 billion in last year’s fourth quarter, an increase of 13.0%. The organic revenue growth rate for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, which adjusts for the impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, was 12.7%. The organic revenue growth rates for the Uniform Rental and Facility Services and First Aid and Safety Services reportable operating segments were 10.5% and 15.1%, respectively.\n\nGross margin for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 was $946.2 million compared to $859.1 million in last year’s fourth quarter, an increase of 10.1%. Gross margin as a percentage of revenue was 45.6% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared to 46.8% in last year's fourth quarter. Operating income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 was $404.4 million compared to $356.4 million in last year's fourth quarter, an increase of 13.5%. Operating income as a percentage of revenue was 19.5% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared to 19.4% in last year's fourth quarter.\n\nNet income was $294.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared to $267.7 million in last year's fourth quarter. Fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $2.81 compared to $2.47 in last year's fourth quarter, an increase of 13.8%.\n\nFiscal 2022 fourth quarter free cash flow, defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, increased 15.2% compared to fiscal 2021, to $475.7 million. On June 15, 2022, Cintas paid shareholders an aggregate of $98.2 million in quarterly cash dividends. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 and through July 13, 2022, Cintas purchased $496.5 million of Cintas common stock under its buyback program.\n\nTodd M. Schneider, Cintas' President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, \"We are pleased with our fourth quarter financial results which were led by a strong increase in revenue. Challenged with finding labor to run their businesses, heightened concerns over sanitization, and inflationary labor and purchasing costs, businesses increasingly outsource to Cintas to help them get Ready for the Workday®. We provide...