UNF Stock Analysis: Unifirst | NYSE
Specialty Business Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 4.898m USD | 12M Return: 54.3% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 49.2M
EPS Trend: 52.6%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 89.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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UniFirst Corporation provides workplace uniforms, protective workwear, and related facility services across the United States, Europe, and Canada. The company reports through three segments: Uniform & Facility Service Solutions, First Aid & Safety Solutions, and Other, offering a mix of rental, lease, and sale programs for garments and complementary products.
Its product range includes standard uniforms (shirts, pants, jackets, coveralls, lab coats, smocks, aprons), specialized protective wear such as flame-resistant and high-visibility garments, first aid cabinets and safety training, as well as non-garment items like floor mats, mops, industrial wipers, restroom supplies, and wholesale pill packaging for non-prescription medicines. The uniform rental and industrial laundry sector typically relies on recurring route-based service contracts, which tend to generate recurring revenue and long customer tenure.
UniFirst also performs specialized services, including decontamination cleaning of garments exposed to radioactive materials and servicing of cleanroom protective wear. Its customer base spans automobile service centers, food and general merchandise retailers, manufacturers, restaurants, transportation companies, energy operations, healthcare providers, and other businesses that require employee clothing for image, identification, protection, or utility purposes.
The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. It competes in a relatively concentrated industry alongside a small number of large national uniform rental suppliers and many smaller regional operators.
- US industrial production and employment growth drives uniform rental demand
- Labor and fuel cost inflation pressures operating margins
- Competition with Cintas pressures pricing in uniform rental market
| Net Income: 115.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.03 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.36 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 25.04% < 20% (prev 26.51%; Δ -1.47% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.08 > 3% & CFO 238.6m > Net Income 115.8m |
| Net Debt (-83.8m) to EBITDA (293.7m): -0.29 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.11 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (18.2m) vs 12m ago -2.10% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 36.68% > 18% (prev 34.62%; Δ 2.06% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 89.33% > 50% (prev 89.05%; Δ 0.28% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: error (cannot be calculated; needs correct EBIT TTM and Interest Expense TTM) |
| A: 0.22 (Total Current Assets 919.9m - Total Current Liabilities 295.7m) / Total Assets 2.82b |
| B: 0.75 (Retained Earnings 2.11b / Total Assets 2.82b) |
| C: 0.05 (EBIT TTM 148.8m / Avg Total Assets 2.79b) |
| D: 3.53 (Book Value of Equity 2.20b / Total Liabilities 622.6m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 7.95 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 295.6m/281.8m, Revenue 2.49b/2.46b) |
| GMI: 0.94 (GM 34.62% / 36.68%) |
| AQI: 1.00 (AQ_t 0.34 / AQ_t-1 0.34) |
| SGI: 1.01 (Revenue 2.49b / 2.46b) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 115.8m - CFO 238.6m) / TA 2.82b) |
| Beneish M = -3.04 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 14, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 272.93 with a total of 98,185 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.95%, over one month by +3.45%, over three months by +5.22% and over the past year by +54.29%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 265.00 (which is 2.9% or 1.5 ATR below the current price).
Unifirst has received a consensus analysts rating of 2.80. Therefore, it is recommended to hold UNF.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 4
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 273.3 | 0.1% |
P/E Trailing = 43.1322
P/E Forward = 38.61
P/S = 1.9651
P/B = 2.2401
P/EG = 2.4233
Revenue TTM = 2.49b USD
EBIT TTM = 148.8m USD
EBITDA TTM = 293.7m USD
Long Term Debt = 64.2m USD (estimated: total debt 85.0m - short term 20.8m)
Short Term Debt = 20.8m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 85.0m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 85.0m already included)
Net Debt = -83.8m USD (calculated: Debt 85.0m - CCE 168.9m)
Enterprise Value = 4.81b USD (4.90b + Debt 85.0m - CCE 168.9m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = unknown (Ebit TTM 148.8m / Interest Expense TTM 0.0)
EV/FCF = 55.28x (Enterprise Value 4.81b / FCF TTM 87.1m)
FCF Yield = 1.81% (FCF TTM 87.1m / Enterprise Value 4.81b)
FCF Margin = 3.49% (FCF TTM 87.1m / Revenue TTM 2.49b)
Net Margin = 4.65% (Net Income TTM 115.8m / Revenue TTM 2.49b)
Gross Margin = 36.68% ((Revenue TTM 2.49b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.58b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 37.00% (prev 35.15%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.71 (Enterprise Value 4.81b / Total Assets 2.82b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.0% (Interest Expense 0.0 / Debt 85.0m)
Taxrate = 22.90% (34.4m / 150.2m)
NOPAT = 114.7m (EBIT 148.8m * (1 - 22.90%))
Current Ratio = 3.11 (Total Current Assets 919.9m / Total Current Liabilities 295.7m)
Debt / Equity = 0.04 (Debt 85.0m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.20b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.29 (Net Debt -83.8m / EBITDA 293.7m)
Debt / FCF = -0.96 (Net Debt -83.8m / FCF TTM 87.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.18b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.15% (Net Income 115.8m / Total Assets 2.82b)
RoE = 5.32% (Net Income TTM 115.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.18b)
RoCE = 6.63% (EBIT 148.8m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.18b + L.T.Debt 64.2m))
RoIC = 4.74% (NOPAT 114.7m / Invested Capital 2.42b)
WACC = 7.54% (E(4.90b)/V(4.98b) * Re(7.67%) + D(85.0m)/V(4.98b) * Rd(0.0%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 7.67% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -89.89 | Cagr: -1.29%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈112.4m ; Y1≈98.6m ; Y5≈79.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 93.75 (EV 1.28b - Net Debt -83.8m = Equity 1.36b / Shares 14.5m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 52.61 | EPS CAGR: 4.22% | SUE: 1.48 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 89.83 | Revenue CAGR: 3.47% | SUE: -0.00 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-11-30): EPS=2.22 | Chg30d=-0.67% | Revisions=+17% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-08-31): EPS=7.48 | Chg30d=+5.44% | Revisions=+17% | GrowthEPS=-9.5% | GrowthRev=+3.3%
EPS next Year (2027-08-31): EPS=7.99 | Chg30d=+1.31% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+6.9% | GrowthRev=+3.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +18% (up=5, down=3)