Cintas Corp Q2 2022 Earnings Call Summary

The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

Question: Ashish Sabadra - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division - Analyst : I just wanted to follow up on the comments that you made on the health care, but just focus on the larger opportunities across the 3 verticals, health care, government and education vertical. I was wondering if you could comment on the pipelines for those larger opportunities.

Question: Ashish Sabadra - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division - Analyst : That's very helpful color. And maybe just talking about technology on the last call, you had talked about the benefits of SAP implementation and more to come. I was wondering if you could talk about what you're doing on the technology front, on the automation front, provide some preview on what we could see over the next few -- next year? And how should that help offset some of the inflationary pressure?

Question: Samuel Kusswurm - William Blair & Company L.L.C., Research Division - Analyst : This is Sam Kusswurm joining for Tim. I wanted to hit on margins real quick again. In the Uniform Rental segment, operating margin was down year-over-year, but still very strong relative to historical standards. Is that kind of how we should think about this segment's margin structure from a long-term perspective, maybe down year-over-year because of higher cost inflation, but capable of maintaining '21 margins in a more normalized environment?

Question: Samuel Kusswurm - William Blair & Company L.L.C., Research Division - Analyst : Excellent. Maybe switching gears back to the PPE. Earlier in the year, I think you expected a PPE headwind of about 1% in fiscal 2022. It sounds like maybe that expectation could be changing a bit. Can you just update us on what you think the PPE headwind will be for fiscal 2022 here?