UNIFIRST CORP (UNF)
Industrials · Uniform rental and facility services · NYSE
UniFirst is a leading provider of managed uniform, protective workwear, and facility service programs for a diverse range of industries.
What UNIFIRST CORP does
UniFirst Corporation is a provider of professional uniforms, facility services, and workplace solutions in North America. The company rents and sells uniforms, work clothing, and related products to a broad range of industries, and provides facility services including facility maintenance and restroom supplies. UniFirst operates through an extensive distribution network and rental system to serve its diverse customer base with recurring revenue streams.
Themes: Uniform and apparel rental, Facility services, Recurring revenue / workplace solutions, Workplace safety and hygiene
Fundamentals
- Price$259.60 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$5.2B as of 2011-07-01 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+57.8% 2025-10-08 close $164.53 → 2026-10-08 close $259.60
- P/E40.98 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+6.1% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+6.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.4% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.54 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-07-01 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.6%; pays a dividend.
How UNF compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 392 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitymiddle range 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 428 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
UNF is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
48.4 #830 of 1,379 scored · #141 of 238 in Industrials
Trend 65th (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 42.8 percentage points) and financial health 64th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 5.9%); weakest is growth (34th, revenue growth year over year 1.4%, 3-year revenue CAGR 6.7%).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, UNF's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 17%, free-cash-flow payout 17%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout17% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout17% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How UNIFIRST CORP looks technically
UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) is trading 2.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 183 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago. It is 15.3% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +2.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $275.02 | $275.02 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $253.88 | $253.88 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 20 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 20 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 183 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 183 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 2.3% above | +2.3% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 20.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 44.8 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading around the middle of its 14-day range ($248.52 to $268.96) — its "stochastic" reading is 54 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 54.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $306.67 | $306.67 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 15.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -15.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 75.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +75.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 15.3% below its highest point of the past year | 15.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $306.67 (set on 2026-07-29) | $306.67 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($150.02 to $301.19), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 28% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $202.93 to $207.77. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 27.5% |
| From the all-time high | it is 15.3% below its all-time high | -15.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.7% above a support level at $257.85 — a price it turned at four times since 2026-05-22, most recently on 2026-09-18. Since 2024-10-08 it has 16 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $20.16 (set on 2009-03-09) | $20.16 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1187.7% above its all-time low | +1,188% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 69th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $6.94 between its high and its low — about 2.7% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $6.94 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $246.19 and $272.78 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $246.19 – $259.49 – $272.78 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.7% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.8 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (2.3% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.8 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.70× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 3 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 3 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 7 sessions ago |
Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.6% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.6% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 2 sessions in a row, a +3.13% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 6.9 percentage points (the stock lost 5.8% while the market gained 1.0%) | -6.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 8.5 percentage points (the stock lost 4.7% while the market gained 3.8%) | -8.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 16.0 percentage points (the stock gained 1.4% while the market gained 17.5%) | -16.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 42.8 percentage points (the stock gained 57.8% while the market gained 15.0%) | +42.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 8.1% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.2% of the share price. | -8.1% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is sitting right on the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $259.60 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | 0.0% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-01 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $272.66 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 70 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
UNF last closed at $259.60 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 16 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $257.85 | Support | 0.7% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-05-22 to 2026-09-18 |
| $248.24 | Support | 4.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-31 to 2026-05-04 |
| $243.57 | Support | 6.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-01-07 to 2026-02-19 |
| $278.50 | Resistance | 7.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-11 to 2026-07-06 |
| $285.39 | Resistance | 9.9% above the last close | turned there three times · 2026-03-11 to 2026-08-17 |
| $293.63 | Resistance | 13.1% above the last close | turned there four times · 2026-07-17 to 2026-09-08 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · lagging the market · Trading at this year’s average price paid (anchored VWAP) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$273.33 range $262.00 – $280.00; median $278.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-06. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for UNF
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.04 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-06
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $2.04, on 2026-09-01, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Integration risk from pending Cintas acquisition; regulatory approval uncertainty and potential deal termination could impact future operations and shareholder value","Operating leverage compression evident in Q2 FY2026 with higher selling/administrative expenses (up 23% YoY) offsetting modest revenue growth of 1.4%, pressuring margins and net income decline of 50% YoY","Dependence on labor availability and cost escalation, along with supply chain disruptions for raw materials; exposure to elevated fuel, energy, and healthcare costs that could erode profitability"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of UNF's 10-Q filed 2026-07-08 against the prior one filed 2026-04-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-07-08) includes text continuing beyond what is shown in older filing regarding factors that could cause actual results to differ, with fuller articulation of business strategy implementation language.
- Reworded:
- Older filing (2026-04-07) contains typographical error 'DISCUS SION' in section heading; newer filing (2026-07-08) corrects to 'DISCUSSION'
- Newer filing (2026-07-08) presents complete sentence structure in the final risk factor paragraph ending with 'and the other factors described under "Part I,'; older filing (2026-04-07) breaks the text across pages with truncation at same point but is presented with page break notation ('20' page number)
- Notes:
- Both filings appear truncated at the same endpoint in the provided text, making full comparison of the complete section impossible
- The substantive content of the forward-looking statements and risk factors is identical between the two filings in the portions provided
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-02-17. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding UNF as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 3,246,241
- Reported value $858,500,851
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 1 new, 4 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
UNF had 871,484 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for UNF because the newest share count we hold predates that settlement by more than 180 days, and a buyback or issuance in between would move the base. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 871,484
- Prior settlement (shares) 637,185
- Reported change 36.77%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.59
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) do?
UniFirst Corporation is a provider of professional uniforms, facility services, and workplace solutions in North America. The company rents and sells uniforms, work clothing, and related products to a broad range of industries, and provides facility services including facility maintenance and restroom supplies. UniFirst operates through an extensive distribution network and rental system to serve its diverse customer base with recurring revenue streams.
What sector is UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) in?
UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Uniform rental and facility services. It trades on NYSE.
Does UNF pay a dividend?
Yes — UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.57% (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are UNIFIRST CORP's (UNF) competitors?
Notable peers of UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) include Cintas, Aramark and Vestis. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) overbought or oversold right now?
UNIFIRST CORP (UNF) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on UNF come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.