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UniFirst

NYQ:UNF · US9047081040
Commercial Services & SuppliesLarge

360

14
EV / EBIT4
Price / Owner Earnings12
Owner Earnings Yield19
Dividend Yield53
Price/Sales39
EV / Gross Profit46
Price/Book51
Return on Capital17
Cash Return on Capital31
Return on Equity18
EBIT Margin40
Gross Profitability77
Cash Conversion43
Accruals31
Owner Earnings Margin47
Sales growth32
Profit Growth40
Long-Term EPS Growth3
Owner Earnings Growth15
Reinvestment28
Price momentum89
Debt load96
Refinancing61
Debt Payback100
Liquidity1
Analyst ratings1
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside11
Market mood9
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

UniFirst clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryCommercial Services & Supplies
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1950
Employees4,400
Websiteunifirst.com
ISINUS9047081040
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
Packaging ServicesEnvironment, Health and Safety (EH&S)

Description

UniFirst Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides workplace uniforms and protective work wear clothing in the United States. The company designs, manufactures, personalizes, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells a wide range of uniforms an…

Analysis

Hope premium

UniFirst Corporation is priced well ahead of what the underlying numbers justify, a pattern we describe as a hope premium.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 43.8×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
78
2023202420252026

All-time high

78

Mar 2026

All-time low

43

Jan 2024

Average rank

61

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
39
34
40
37
Price/Earnings
7
25
26
35
Price/Book
51
78
79
77
Dividend Yield
53
49
50
46
Value (overall)
32
49
50
47

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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