UniFirst Corporation (UNF)
Industrials · NYQ
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 13:09 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
UniFirst Corporation trades at $250.52, which is 52% above the $120.76 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 39 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 43.5 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
UNF dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $1.09 | 3 |
| 2025 | $1.41 | 4 |
| 2024 | $1.34 | 4 |
| 2023 | $1.26 | 4 |
| 2022 | $1.21 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1.05 | 4 |
| 2020 | $1.00 | 4 |
| 2019 | $0.589 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.377 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.152 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.152 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
UNF earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 5 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About UniFirst Corporation
UniFirst Corporation provides workplace uniforms and protective work wear clothing in the United States, Europe, and Canada. It operates in three segments: Uniform & Facility Service Solutions; First Aid & Safety Solutions; and Other. The company offers uniforms, including shirts, pants, jackets, coveralls, lab coats, smocks, and aprons; specialized protective wear comprising flame resistant and high visibility garments; and first aid cabinet services and other safety supplies, as well as safety training services. It also engages in the rent and sale of non-garment items and services that include industrial wiping products, floor mats, dry and wet mops, and other textile products, as well as the wholesale distribution and pill packaging operations for non-prescription medicines. In addition, the company provides garment service options, including full-service rental and lease programs. Further, it offers restroom and cleaning supplies, such as air fresheners, paper products, gloves, masks, hand soaps, and sanitizers. Additionally, it provides specialized services, including decontamination and cleaning of work clothes and other items that have been exposed to radioactive materials and services special cleanroom protective wear. The company serves automobile service centers and dealers, delivery services, food and general merchandise retailers, manufacturers, maintenance facilities, restaurants and food-related businesses, business service companies, soft and durable goods wholesalers, transportation companies, energy producing operations, and healthcare providers, as well as others that require employee clothing on the job for image, identification, protection, or utility purposes. UniFirst Corporation was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
UNF passes 1 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
14 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$134.88M · 0.1% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$53.44M · 0.0% of book
- Tweedy Browne, Tweedy, Browne Co LLC$26.86M · 2.0% of book
- Arrowstreet Capital, ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$15.56M · 0.0% of book
- Renaissance Technologies, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$7.25M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in UNF
Trades in UNF disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:
- Greg Gianforte · HouseSell · $50,001 - $100,000 · traded 31 Mar 2020 · disclosed 14 Apr 2020
- Greg Gianforte · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 23 Jan 2019 · disclosed 6 Mar 2019
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
UNF peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Specialty Business Services), then in the same sector.
- RLXXF RELX PLC
- TRI.TO Thomson Reuters Corporation
- RBA RB Global, Inc.
- WTKWY Wolters Kluwer N.V.
- RTO Rentokil Initial plc
- ARMK Aramark
- AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc.
- FA First Advantage Corporation
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Common questions
Is UniFirst Corporation (UNF) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $120.76, UNF at $250.52 is 52% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own UNF?
14 of the institutions we track reported a position in UNF in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is UNF's P/E ratio?
UNF trades at 43.5 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does UniFirst Corporation (UNF) pay a dividend?
Yes. UniFirst Corporation yields 0.53% at the current share price. It has paid $1.46 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 40 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its UNF data?
Fundamentals for UNF come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 13:09 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.