Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2021

Cintas uses the two-class method to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share as a result of outstanding participating securities in the form of restricted stock awards. The following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share using the two-class method for amounts attributable to Cintas’ common shares for the three months ending August 31:


Basic Earnings per Share (In thousands except per share data)	2021		2020



Net income	$	331,179	$	300,005
Less: income allocated to participating securities	1,765		2,173
Income available to common shareholders	$	329,414	$	297,832
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	103,295		104,110

Basic earnings per share	$	3.19	$	2.86


Diluted Earnings per Share (In thousands except per share data)	2021		2020



Net income	$	331,179	$	300,005
Less: income allocated to participating securities	1,765		2,173
Income available to common shareholders	$	329,414	$	297,832
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	103,295		104,110
Effect of dilutive securities – employee stock options	2,649		3,019
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	105,944		107,129

Diluted earnings per share	$	3.11	$	2.78

For the three months ended August 31, 2021 and 2020, options granted to purchase 0.1 million and 0.2 million shares of Cintas common stock, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. The exercise prices of these options were greater than the average market price of the common stock (anti-dilutive).

On October 29, 2019, Cintas announced that the Board of Directors authorized a $1.0 billion share buyback program, which was completed during the first quarter of fiscal 2022. From the inception of the October 29, 2019 share buyback program through July 2021, Cintas purchased a total of 2.8 million shares of Cintas common stock at an average price of $358.93 per share for a total purchase price of $1.0 billion. On July 27, 2021, Cintas announced that the Board of Directors authorized a new $1.5 billion share buyback program, which does not have an expiration date. The following tables summarize the share buyback activity by program for the three months ended August 31:



	2021					2020
Buyback Program (In thousands except per share data)	Shares	Avg. Price per Share		Purchase Price		Shares	Avg. Price per Share		Purchase Price


October 29, 2019	1,590	$	365.41	$	581,220	—	$	—	$	—
July 27, 2021	—	$	—	$	—	—	$	—	$	—
	1,590	$	365.41	$	581,220	—	$	—	$	—

There were no share buybacks in the period subsequent to August 31, 2021, through October 7, 2021 under any share buyback program.

For the three months ended August 31, 2021, Cintas acquired 0.2 million shares of Cintas common stock for employee payroll taxes due on restricted stock awards that vested. These shares were acquired at an average price of $394.19 per share for a total purchase price of $78.0 million. For the three months ended August 31, 2020, Cintas acquired 0.2 million shares of Cintas common stock for employee payroll taxes due on restricted stock awards that vested. These shares were acquired at an average price of $300.01 per share for a total purchase price of $69.0 million.