Unifirst Corp
UNF NYSE· Services-Personal Services
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$281.29
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Unifirst Corp had $2.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 0.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.2% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 7.6%, up 0.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 8 is left after running the business.
- Unifirst Corp made $148M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 2.9% a year.
- Free cash flow was $143M in fiscal 2025, 5.9% of revenue.
- Unifirst Corp returned $95.5M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 67% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.8%.
Market cap
$5.1B
P/E
44.4x
Revenue
$2.4B
Net income
$148M
Free cash flow
$143M
Operating margin
7.6%
Unifirst Corp in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+0.2%
Only a little. Sales grew 0.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
6.1%
A little. It keeps 6.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
5.9%
Partly. 5.9% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 8
Mixed. It passes 5 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
44.4x
One share costs 44.4 times its yearly profit per share.
What Unifirst Corp does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- August 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Oct 29, 2025
- Legal name
- UNIFIRST CORP
- CIK
- 0000717954
Unifirst Corp · UNF
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.8B | $2.0B | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.4B |
| Revenue growth | 1.2% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 8.7% | 0.2% |
| Net interest income | $2.6M | $2.9M | $6.7M | $7.2M | $9.8M |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 34.7% | 33.7% | 34.9% | 36.6% |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 6.7% | 6.0% | 7.6% | 7.6% |
| Net income | $151M | $103M | $104M | $145M | $148M |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 6.0% | 6.1% |
| Diluted EPS | $7.94 | $5.46 | $5.53 | $7.77 | $7.98 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $212M | $123M | $216M | $295M | $297M |
| Capital expenditure | $134M | $144M | $172M | $160M | $154M |
| Free cash flow | $78.7M | −$21.7M | $43.8M | $135M | $143M |
| FCF margin | 4.3% | −1.1% | 2.0% | 5.6% | 5.9% |
| Dividends paid | $18.1M | $20.8M | $22.1M | $23.3M | $24.6M |
| Share buybacks | $11.2M | $44.4M | $0.0M | $23.8M | $70.9M |
| Share count change | −0.0% | −0.6% | −0.9% | −0.2% | −0.8% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $513M | $376M | $89.6M | $175M | $209M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.9B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.2B |
| Current ratio | 4.3x | 4.4x | 3.1x | 3.3x | 3.2x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 8.4% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 6.9% |
| Return on tangible equity | 11.1% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 10.6% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.6M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
100%
$0.6M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Unifirst Corp · UNF
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $281.29 a share, the company is worth $5.1B: 44.4 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000717954). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.