Cintas
CTASCintas has retired 42.1% of its shares since 2004, from 685,901,324 to 397,075,093.
42.1%retired since 2004
4.0%last 5 years
1.2%last 12 months
397Mshares today
Cintas has retired 42.1% of its shares since 2004, from 685,901,324 to 397,075,093.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-08-20 | 666,335,280 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-08-24 | 674,026,408 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-08-20 | 678,727,464 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-08-15 | 680,497,260 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-08-15 | 682,871,696 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-07-31 | 685,901,324 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-07-31 | 673,296,744 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-07-31 | 642,652,472 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-06-30 | 634,806,076 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-06-30 | 614,764,412 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-06-30 | 611,160,680 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2010-05-31 | 611,479,392 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-06-30 | 524,819,032 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2012-06-30 | 506,119,452 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-06-30 | 489,281,632 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-06-30 | 465,614,752 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-06-30 | 440,845,436 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-06-30 | 416,829,964 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-06-30 | 421,743,460 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-06-30 | 425,117,228 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-06-30 | 409,948,156 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-06-30 | 413,996,048 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-06-30 | 411,868,980 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-06-30 | 404,752,344 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-06-30 | 406,966,256 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-06-30 | 403,075,724 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-06-30 | 402,977,926 | 10-K | |
| 2026 | 2026-06-30 | 400,169,561 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Cintas on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Cintas has 1.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 397,075,093 as of September 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 4.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, Cintas has 288.8 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 42.1% of the company.
397,075,093 shares, as of September 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 685,901,324.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Cintas stock in 2004 owns 1.7 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Cintas ranks No. 110 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Oracle (42.3%), Robert Half (42.2%), Deckers Outdoor (42.1%), Rockwell Automation (41.6%).
Every answer is computed from Cintas' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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