CTAS — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of CTAS's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-10-07 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-04-07
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +34 | −58 | ~14 | 14 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 0 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Risk factors
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-10-07
On March 10, 2026, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (Merger Agreement) pursuant to which the Company will acquire all outstanding shares of UniFirst Corporation (UniFirst) common stock. This transaction between Cintas and UniFirst is referred to herein as the "Transaction." U…
will acquire all the outstanding shares of UniFirst common stock in a transaction valued at approximately $5.5 billion. Each share of UniFirst common stock will be converted into the right to receive $155.00 in cash and 0.7720 shares of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Cintas common sto…
Three Months Ended August 31, 2026 Compared to Three Months Ended August 31, 2025
Total revenue increased 10.9% to $3,014.0 million for the three months ended August 31, 2026, compared to $2,718.1 million for the three months ended August 31, 2025. The organic revenue growth rate, which adjusts for the impact of acquisitions, workday differences and foreign currency exchange rate…
Uniform Rental and Facility Services reportable operating segment revenue was $2,294.7 million for the three months ended August 31, 2026, compared to $2,091.1 million for the three months ended August 31, 2025, which was an increase of 9.7%. The organic revenue growth rate for this reportable opera…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-07
Three Months Ended February 28, 2026 Compared to Three Months Ended February 28, 2025
Total revenue increased 8.9% to $2,841.4 million for the three months ended February 28, 2026, compared to $2,609.2 million for the three months ended February 28, 2025. The organic revenue growth rate, which adjusts for
the impact of acquisitions and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, was 8.2%. Revenue growth was positively impacted by 0.4% due to acquisitions and 0.3% due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
Uniform Rental and Facility Services reportable operating segment revenue was $2,177.5 million for the three months ended February 28, 2026, compared to $2,021.1 million for the three months ended February 28, 2025, which was an increase of 7.7%. The organic revenue growth rate for this reportable o…
Other revenue, consisting of revenue from the First Aid and Safety Services reportable operating segment and All Other, increased 12.9% for the three months ended February 28, 2026, compared to the three months ended February 28, 2025, from $588.0 million to $664.0 million. The organic revenue growt…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice