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UniFirst Corporation

UNF · NYQ · Industrials · Specialty Business Services

Current price

$263.00

52-week range

$147.66 - $306.67

Market cap

$4.76B

One-glance verdict

Within fair range

$270.03 our estimate vs market $263.00

Wall Street consensus: $273.33 (1.2% higher than our fair-value estimate)

Balance sheet

Healthy

18.88x Strong cushion

Net cash $83.83M. Interest coverage shows how many times profit covers the interest bill.

What this company does

UniFirst Corporation

UniFirst provides work uniforms and safety gear, like shirts, pants, and protective clothing, to businesses across the US and Canada, which is where most of their money comes from. This means when businesses need their employees to look professional or be safe, they count on UniFirst, making it a steady part of many companies' operations. They also offer services like renting out uniforms and cleaning them, which helps create predictable income for UniFirst.

Price history

How the share price has moved

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Earnings history

Last 8 quarters — what happened

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Free cash flow by quarter (oldest to newest)
FY2024 Q4 $63.78M FY2025 Q1 $24.56M FY2025 Q3 $37.66M FY2025 Q4 $55.87M FY2026 Q1 $-24.03M FY2026 Q2 $35.22M FY2026 Q3 $21.19M
Revenue $634.40M
Net income $19.92M
Diluted EPS 1.09
Operating cash flow $50.88M
Free cash flow $21.19M
Revenue $622.50M
Net income $20.48M
Diluted EPS 1.13
Operating cash flow $73.62M
Free cash flow $35.22M
Revenue $621.32M
Net income $34.36M
Diluted EPS 1.89
Operating cash flow $14.85M
Free cash flow $-24.03M
Revenue $614.45M
Net income $41.03M
Diluted EPS 2.23
Operating cash flow $100.39M
Free cash flow $55.87M
Revenue $602.22M
Net income $24.46M
Diluted EPS 1.31
Operating cash flow $70.18M
Free cash flow $37.66M
Revenue $604.91M
Net income $43.10M
Diluted EPS 2.31
Operating cash flow $58.12M
Free cash flow $24.56M
Revenue $639.87M
Net income $44.63M
Diluted EPS 2.39
Operating cash flow $102.26M
Free cash flow $63.78M

Is it cheap or expensive?

Fair value $270.03 vs current price $263.00

Wall Street consensus is the average analyst price target: $273.33 (1.2% higher than our fair-value estimate).

Our most-likely fair value is $270.03 a share — about 2.7% away from today's price of $263.00, so the stock currently looks fairly priced.

fair

We estimate the cash this business should generate over the next 10 years and beyond, then convert it to today's money for a fair value per share, in its trading currency. Cautious, middle and optimistic growth cases give a range. Not for banks/insurers.

Base

Growth 6.0% · Discount 7.2% · Terminal 2.5%

$270.03

Bear

Growth 3.0% · Discount 7.2% · Terminal 2.5%

$227.06

Bull

Growth 10.0% · Discount 7.2% · Terminal 2.5%

$339.37

Is it drowning in debt?

Healthy

Net cash $83.8M - more cash than debt. Interest coverage 18.9x.

Net debt $-83.83M
Interest coverage 18.88x

UniFirst Corporation's profit covers its interest bill about 18.9 times over. which is stronger than most peers shown here and 1 peers sit below 1x, which is the danger zone where profit does not fully cover the interest bill.

Healthy
Worse cushion Baseline Better cushion
UNF BASELINE UniFirst Corporation

Total debt $85.05M Interest coverage 18.88x This is the baseline the peer rows are being compared against.

18.88x
CTAS Cintas Corporation

Total debt $2.71B Interest coverage 24.67x +31% vs UNF Carries about 1.3x more debt cushion than UNF.

24.67x +31% vs UNF
ARMK Aramark

Total debt $6.47B Interest coverage 2.17x -88% vs UNF Carries about 8.7x less debt cushion than UNF.

2.17x -88% vs UNF
VSTS Vestis Corporation

Total debt $1.34B Interest coverage 0.70x -96% vs UNF Carries about 27.0x less debt cushion than UNF.

0.70x -96% vs UNF
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated

Total debt $1.88B Interest coverage 3.37x -82% vs UNF Carries about 5.6x less debt cushion than UNF.

3.37x -82% vs UNF
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc.

Total debt $3.25B Interest coverage 3.99x -79% vs UNF Carries about 4.7x less debt cushion than UNF.

3.99x -79% vs UNF

What you should know

The case for and against UNF

3 Rewards 3 Risks

Rewards

  • Revenue grew 2.5% last year.
  • Returns 5.3% on equity, ahead of 16% of its peers.
  • Free cash flow was positive in 9/10 years.

Risks

  • Stock trades 49.0% above its 5-year average P/E.
  • Insider ownership is only 0.8% (peer median: 4.9%).
  • Operating margin compressed from 6.7% to 4.4% over 3 years.

The numbers

All the key metrics, grouped by purpose

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Valuation

How expensive the stock looks

P/E (TTM)
41.55x
Forward P/E
32.52x
P/B
2.16x
P/S
1.91x
EV/EBITDA
15.96x
PEG ratio
2.42x

Profitability

How much profit each dollar creates

Gross margin
36.7%
Operating margin
4.5%
Net margin
4.6%
ROE
5.3%
ROA
3.3%

Health

Liquidity and balance-sheet strength

Debt / equity
0.04x
Current ratio
3.11x
Quick ratio
1.57x
Total debt
$85.05M
Total cash
$168.88M

Growth

How the business has been compounding

Revenue TTM
$2.49B
Revenue 5Y CAGR
7.4%
EPS TTM
6.33
EPS 5Y CAGR
13.5%

Cash flow

How much cash the business throws off

Operating CF TTM
$239.74M
Free CF TTM
$142.53M
FCF margin
5.7%

Dividend

Shareholder payout

Yield
0.6%
Payout ratio
22.8%
Last ex-div date
2026-09-04