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UNF Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	5.3B
Revenue (ttm)	2.5B
Net income (ttm)	115.8M
EPS (ttm)	$6.35
Shares out	18.1M
P/E (trailing)	46.3x
P/E (forward)	37.0x
Dividend	$1.46 (0.50%)
Volume	182,974

Beta	0.63

Price target	$273	-7.1%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000717954
Company name	UniFirst Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	904708104
Employees	16,000
Employees Change	2,000%
Employees Change Percent	14.29
Enterprise value	$5.2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Specialty Business Services
Industry PE	34.56
Industry PE Fwd	17.8
Isin	US9047081040
Last refreshed	2026-07-25
Market cap	$5.3B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$294
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	155,792x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	43.91
Sector PE Fwd	30.16
Sic	7200
Symbol	UNF
Website	https://www.unifirst.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.18%
EV Earnings	45.18x
EV Sales Forward	2.03x
EV/EBIT	36.35x
EV/EBITDA	18.28x
EV/FCF	59.28x
EV/Sales	2.1x
FCF yield	1.66%
Forward P/E	37.04x
P/B ratio	2.38x
P/E ratio	46.33x
P/S ratio	2.13x
PE Ratio10 Y	27x
PE Ratio3 Y	27.3x
PE Ratio5 Y	28.52x
PS Forward	2.06x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	5.77%
EBITDA Margin	11.48%
FCF margin	3.54%
Gross margin	36.68%
Gross Profit	$914.3M
Gross Profit Growth	2.87%
Gross Profit Growth Q	4.05%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	7.43%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	6.52%
Net Income	$115.8M
Net Income Growth	-23.76%
Net Income Growth Q	-49.81%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Net Income Growth3 Y	4.24%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-4.8%
Pretax Margin	6.02%
Profit Margin	4.65%
Profit Per Employee	$7,237
Profitable Quarters	$35
Profitable Years	34
ROA	3.35
Roa5y	4.22
ROCE	5.7
ROE	5.3
Roe5y	6.62
ROIC	5.46
Roic5y	7.63

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	10.25%
Cagr15y	11.86%
Cagr1y	68.41%
Cagr20y	12.57%
Cagr3y	24.82%
Cagr5y	7.02%
Div CAGR10	25.55%
Div CAGR3	5.6%
Div CAGR5	7.86%
EPS Growth	-22.23
EPS Growth Q	-48.52
EPS Growth Years	3
EPS Growth3 Y	5.24
EPS Growth5 Y	-4
FCF Growth	-41.33%
FCF Growth Q	-13.28%
FCF Growth3 Y	152.36%
FCF Growth5 Y	-9.65%
OCF Growth	-19.75%
OCF Growth Q	-25.38%
OCF Growth10 Y	0.43%
OCF Growth3 Y	10.72%
OCF Growth5 Y	-2.26%
Revenue Growth	1.42x
Revenue Growth Q	3.87x
Revenue Growth Quarters	3x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.61x
Revenue Growth5 Y	6.85x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.89
Assets	$2.8B
Cash	$168.9M
Current Assets	$919.9M
Current Liabilities	$295.7M
Debt	$85M
Debt EBITDA	$0.3
Debt Equity	$0.04
Debt FCF	$0.96
Equity	$2.2B
Liabilities	$622.6M
Long Term Assets	$1.9B
Long Term Liabilities	$327M
Net Cash	$83.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$1.58
Net Cash Growth	-38.89%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-0.29
Net Debt Equity	$-0.04
Net Debt FCF	$-0.95
Tangible Book Value	$1.4B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$79.38
WACC	7.6

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	3.11
Inventory Turnover	10.62
Net Working Capital	$476.2M
Quick ratio	1.57
Working Capital	$624.2M
Working Capital Turnover	$3.85

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.99%
Dividend Growth	4.29%
Dividend Growth Years	8%
Dividend per share	$1.46
Dividend Years	44
Dividend Yield	0.5%
Ex Div Date	2026-09-04
Last Dividend	$0.37
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	22.98%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	165.22%
1Y total return	68.35%
200-day SMA	225.8
3Y total return	94.48%
50-day SMA	270.1
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	40.37%
All Time High	295.6
All Time High Change	-0.43%
All Time High Date	2026-07-17
All Time Low	3.22
All Time Low Change	9,043.83%
All Time Low Date	1985-07-03
ATR	5.85
Beta	0.63
Beta1y	0.15
Beta2y	0.49
Ch YTD	52.59
High	294.7
High52	295.6
High52 Date	2026-07-17
High52ch	-0.43%
Low	290.4
Low52	147.7
Low52 Date	2025-11-06
Low52ch	99.34%
Ma50ch	8.97%
Premarket Change Percent	0
Premarket Price	$290
Premarket Volume	491
Price vs 200-day SMA	30.33%
RSI	73.02
RSI Monthly	72.34
RSI Weekly	73.45
Sharpe ratio	1.53x
Sortino ratio	3.56
Total Return	2.48%
Tr YTD	53.01
Tr15y	437.37%
Tr1m	12.5%
Tr1w	1%
Tr3m	12.55%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	5
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$262
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.91
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-11.98
Earnings Revenue Estimate	627,405,600x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	2.72x
Operating Income	$149.5M
Operating Income Growth	-25.1
Operating Income Growth Q	-42.6
Operating Income Growth3 Y	3.51
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-4.86
Operating margin	6
Price target	$273
Price Target Change	$-7.14
Price Target Change Top	$-10.99

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	13,048,050%
Float Percent	72.15%
Shares Insiders	9.17%
Shares Institutions	91.23%
Shares Out	18,084,173
Shares Qo Q	-0.33%
Shares Yo Y	-1.99%
Short Float	6.41%
Short Ratio	3.11
Short Shares	4.63

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$75.5M
Average Volume	158,115.35x
Bv Per Share	121.5
CAPEX	$-151.5M
Ch10y	152.6
Ch15y	407.2
Ch1m	12.5
Ch1w	1
Ch1y	67.22
Ch20y	888.7
Ch3m	12.4
Ch3y	90.34
Ch5y	35.64
Ch6m	41.52
Change	1.59%
Change From Open	0.69
Close	289.7
Days Gap	0.9
Depreciation Amortization	143,294,000
Dollar Volume	53,856,567.2
Earnings Date	2026-07-01
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$143.9M
EBITDA	$286.1M
EPS	$6.35
F Score	5
FCF	$88.3M
FCF EV Yield	1.69x
FCF Per Share	$4.88
Financing CF	-110,726,000
Fiscal Year End	August
Founded	1,936
Goodwill	669,925,000
Graham Number	131.80552
Graham Upside	-55.16
Income Tax	$34.4M
Investing CF	-178,632,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-01
Last Report Date	2026-05-30
Last Split Date	1994-01-20
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2025-10-29
Lynch Fair Value	$31.76
Lynch Upside	-89.19
Ma150	246.2
Ma150ch	19.54%
Ma20	278.1
Ma20ch	5.84%
Net CF	-48,685,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-21
Open	292.3
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	60.23
P OCF Ratio	22.17
Payment Date	2026-09-25
Position In Range	91.42
Ppne	929,522,000
Pre Close	289.7
Price Date	2026-07-24
Price EBITDA	$18.58
Ptbv Ratio	3.7
Relative Volume	1.16x
Revenue	2,492,672,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.51x
Share Based Comp	12,790,000
Tax By Revenue	1.38x
Tax Rate	22.9%
Tr20y	967.71%
Tr6m	41.9%
Us State	Massachusetts
Volume	182,974
Z Score	5.91

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