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Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ:CTAS)

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Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Cintas Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Nov 30, 2024 Aug 31, 2024 May 31, 2024 Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018
Net income 448,495 452,033 414,315 397,579 374,613 385,085 346,201 325,827 324,293 351,689 294,461 315,448 294,669 331,179 267,722 258,384 284,857 300,005 144,585 234,520 246,120 250,812 226,119 203,334 243,013 212,515
Depreciation 75,502 73,838 73,229 70,834 69,190 67,613 66,240 64,240 63,504 63,057 64,912 62,190 61,319 60,955 61,704 61,036 60,522 60,574 60,644 59,894 58,641 56,726 59,251 57,268 54,367 52,745
Amortization of intangible assets and capitalized contract costs 54,541 41,366 41,703 40,580 40,036 39,199 38,840 38,588 37,704 36,989 37,466 38,494 37,371 36,994 36,426 36,131 35,953 35,605 35,916 36,269 35,695 35,268 34,513 34,390 34,009 33,550
Stock-based compensation 32,417 33,367 32,496 31,308 22,940 30,242 28,287 23,797 25,255 26,282 25,621 22,794 24,397 36,496 28,614 25,819 28,547 29,055 19,007 27,030 29,003 40,395 33,657 30,769 28,612 46,172
Gain on equity method investment transaction (30,151)
Gain on sale of property and equipment (4,295) 49 (12,178) (169) (3,898) (17,963) (781) (2,419)
Long-lived asset impairment 5,114 9,220
Gain on sale of a cost method investment (69,373)
Deferred income taxes 1,866 1,887 (7,546) (14,261) (5,738) (1,367) 1,232 3,436 3,736 14,829 9,458 12,711 7,054 22,887 (5,983) (13,160) (14,383) (8,716) (21,265) (2,619) (278) 7,910 6,629 5,852 10,205 9,022
Accounts receivable, net (79,924) (49,129) 17,641 11,841 (76,989) (43,892) (19,298) 1,424 (54,500) (79,397) (1,169) (21,880) (49,601) (27,742) 30,602 (23,286) (47,010) 7,118 70,816 6,805 (31,304) (6,636) (33,816) 24,646 (70,697) (15,051)
Inventories, net 7,433 11,318 39,932 23,741 23,552 8,541 24,905 (17,297) (40,790) (2,476) 13,883 (11,095) (1,580) 14,986 48,177 1,271 (47,005) (77,944) (56,993) (4,378) (11,676) (1,726) 10,677 (17,489) (18,598) (34,629)
Uniforms and other rental items in service (33,521) (20,144) (13,755) 12,589 (14,235) (7,414) (12,261) (12,516) (34,148) (39,327) (33,748) (8,071) (30,239) (39,274) (29,390) (3,355) (19,466) 16,552 46,505 (988) (21,439) (11,305) (17,892) (14,652) (34,665) (23,019)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets and capitalized contract costs (41,386) (68,719) (12,801) (24,817) (13,265) (66,791) (15,331) (31,310) (21,891) (63,641) 48,869 (29,472) (11,254) (36,724) (25,629) (19,676) (15,018) (42,277) (15,079) (26,760) (26,481) (41,928) (15,642) (26,962) (11,231) (46,930)
Accounts payable 23,594 56,698 31,125 (9,210) 2,538 12,443 20,518 (28,570) 19,740 41,681 16,529 (5,232) 37,672 (26,272) (7,717) (37,115) 21,870 20,358 (11,642) (13,784) 14,698 13,357 12,197 2,034 (1,626) (329)
Accrued compensation and related liabilities 33,206 (86,965) 31,498 28,214 37,683 (124,408) 35,377 (4,454) 31,745 (59,957) 24,775 31,588 25,846 (85,834) 16,295 73,665 33,876 (10,067) (21,684) 24,534 29,392 (58,718) 19,187 17,103 35,217 (56,186)
Accrued liabilities and other 18,498 (44,268) 44,805 83,398 18,499 (48,952) 23,458 51,208 15,753 (49,105) 8,476 (7,198) 13,823 (24,342) (5,378) (22,927) 35,867 (14,297) 46,480 21,309 6,199 (24,082) 27,296 18,936 12,234 (27,556)
Income taxes, current (95,022) 65,450 398 5,314 (86,138) 86,646 15,455 10,669 (49,408) 57,532 41,037 23,147 (77,885) 11,010 35,537 (1,038) (79,975) (3,674) 50,424 1,366 (34,120) 16,828 35,750 (6,660) (29,885) 12,681
Change in current assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions of businesses (167,122) (135,759) 138,843 131,070 (108,355) (183,827) 72,823 (30,846) (133,499) (194,690) 118,652 (28,213) (93,218) (214,192) 62,497 (32,461) (116,861) (104,231) 108,827 8,104 (74,731) (114,210) 37,757 (3,044) (119,251) (191,019)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities (7,091) 14,699 278,725 259,531 18,073 (48,140) 207,422 99,215 (3,300) (53,533) 256,109 77,825 36,972 (69,038) 188,203 73,467 (24,185) 12,287 212,349 128,678 48,330 26,089 171,026 122,816 (61,431) (49,530)
Net cash provided by operating activities 441,404 466,732 693,040 657,110 392,686 336,945 553,623 425,042 320,993 298,156 550,570 393,273 331,641 262,141 455,925 331,851 260,672 312,292 356,934 363,198 294,450 276,901 397,145 326,150 181,582 162,985
Capital expenditures (101,416) (92,921) (101,911) (107,031) (93,830) (106,697) (106,993) (77,712) (76,388) (70,016) (74,821) (57,222) (59,881) (48,748) (43,060) (42,751) (26,783) (30,876) (40,910) (63,212) (61,424) (64,743) (68,914) (70,191) (73,086) (64,528)
Purchases of investments 32 (7,124) 46 (117) (950) (6,525) 52 564 748 (5,930) (52) (57) 2,771 (8,738) 3,574 (668) (2,265) (4,940) 430 (340) (730) (9,391) (297) (3,473) (14,071)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 5,908 277 15,070 (785) 9,064 23,426 13,300 3,200
Proceeds from sale of a cost method investment 73,342
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired (145,448) (9,436) (1,809) (111,031) (18,346) (55,651) (13,374) (17,526) (8,397) (7,060) (13,384) (105,174) (9,945) (35,725) (2,468) (638) (4,948) (1,984) (5,870) (41,268) (2,686) (3,896) (2,410) (823) 1,033 (7,613)
Other, net 6,253 (4,851) (1,679) (2,904) 767 (963) 254 (2,513) (792) (3,589) 1,933 (2,263) (496) (6,180) (5,812) (2,429) (730) (2,142) (2,568) 13 (1,994) (109) (1,003) (5,087) (3,073) 1,356
Net cash used in investing activities (234,671) (114,332) (105,353) (221,083) (112,359) (169,836) (120,061) (97,187) (84,829) (86,595) (86,324) (164,716) (67,274) (84,321) (48,551) (37,422) (11,300) (39,942) (48,918) (104,807) (53,534) (78,139) (72,624) (76,374) (15,855) (70,785)
Issuance (payments) of commercial paper, net 15,000 166,000 (210,000) 210,000 (199,000) (186,246) (71,954) 196,000 (298,010) 392,210 (159,000) 326,000 (139,000) 26,500 (105,000) 44,000 173,500
Proceeds from issuance of debt 1,190,506 200,000
Repayment of debt (3,450) (10,000) (50,000) (950,000) (250,000) (200,000)
Proceeds from exercise of stock-based compensation awards 344 231 95 346 450 479 80 816 1,078 1,047 101 8,438 36,302 72,896 9,908 12,519 35,407 72,123 8,972 18,346 25,286 37,915 11,097 21,662 5,100 27,512
Dividends paid (157,327) (138,237) (137,599) (137,471) (138,274) (117,565) (117,496) (117,404) (117,362) (97,655) (98,197) (98,973) (98,814) (79,135) (79,509) (371,818) 86 (268,042) (4) (220,760)
Repurchase of common stock (36,716) (614,802) (231,887) (45,018) (349,852) (73,276) (27,948) (22,235) (28,348) (320,334) (304,032) (557,115) (5,491) (659,235) (399,631) (83,108) (2,371) (69,011) (203,191) (2,586) (1,911) (256,830) (408,076) (100,095) (368,661) (139,468)
Other, net (5,454) (5,984) (4,629) (1,517) (2,309) (2,013) (3,879) (3,156) (3,583) (5,257) 263 (3,258) (2,789) (610) (541) (2,149) (818) (869) (782) 1,982 (760) (1,192) (6,024) (2,726) (4,810) (552)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (184,153) (592,792) (374,020) (393,660) (283,435) (202,375) (398,243) (328,225) (220,169) (226,199) (459,369) (258,698) (229,792) (590,084) (469,773) (444,556) 32,218 2,243 (394,915) (250,300) (116,385) (193,607) (308,007) (257,919) (194,871) (112,508)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,558) (250) (135) 560 538 (757) 267 (866) (754) (1,275) 1,458 1,107 (1,154) (1,627) 2,428 563 43 1,547 (2,140) (185) (127) 331 (728) 523 (733) (60)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 21,022 (240,642) 213,532 42,927 (2,570) (36,023) 35,586 (1,236) 15,241 (15,913) 6,335 (29,034) 33,421 (413,891) (59,971) (149,564) 281,633 276,140 (89,039) 7,906 124,404 5,486 15,786 (7,620) (29,877) (20,368)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31).


Net Income
Net income displayed moderate fluctuations with a general upward trend over the period. After a noticeable dip in May 2020, net income recovered strongly and reached record highs by mid-2024, reflecting overall improved profitability.
Depreciation
Depreciation expenses increased gradually and steadily throughout the periods, indicating ongoing investments in long-term assets and consistent usage or aging of existing assets.
Amortization of Intangible Assets and Capitalized Contract Costs
Amortization showed a modest upward trend overall, except for a notable spike in the final reported quarter, suggesting increased amortizable intangible assets or a change in amortization schedules.
Stock-Based Compensation
This expense was volatile, with periodic spikes and troughs. The general pattern indicates fluctuations possibly related to grant schedules or share price changes but no clear long-term directional trend.
Unusual Gains and Losses
There were sporadic gains and impairments reported, such as large gains on investment sales in early periods and impairments or property sale losses later. These irregular items contributed to income volatility.
Deferred Income Taxes
Deferred tax balances exhibited high variability without a clear directional trend, reflecting changes in tax positions and timing differences over time.
Working Capital Components
Accounts receivable and inventories generally showed irregular movements, with some large negative changes suggesting collection or inventory management issues during certain quarters. Accounts payable similarly fluctuated, indicating variability in vendor payment timing.
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
These assets experienced significant reductions in multiple quarters, indicating accelerated expense recognition or decreases in advance payments.
Accrued Liabilities and Compensation
The accrued compensation and related liabilities exhibited large swings, sometimes turning negative, likely reflecting timing of payroll and bonuses. Accrued liabilities alternated between increases and decreases without a clear trend.
Income Taxes, Current
Reported current income taxes were volatile, showing large positive and negative amounts, consistent with fluctuations in pre-tax income and tax provisioning.
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Operating cash flow generally increased over time with some peaks around mid-2021 and sustained high levels into 2024, demonstrating strong cash-generating capacity despite temporary setbacks.
Capital Expenditures
Capital spending remained consistently significant, with some increases in certain fiscal years, indicating ongoing investment to support operations or growth initiatives.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing fluctuated substantially, with significant outflows related to acquisitions and capital expenditures, partially offset by proceeds from property sales and investments.
Financing Activities
Financing cash flows were notably volatile, showing large outflows caused by debt repayments, stock repurchases, and dividend payments. Occasional inflows from debt issuances and commercial paper were also recorded, reflecting active capital structure management.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Quarterly changes in cash were inconsistent, with periods of both strong increases and decreases, reflecting the combined effects of operating, investing, and financing cash flow volatility.