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Unifirst Corp. (UNF)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Unifirst Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Unifirst Corp.

UniFirst Corporation provides uniform and workwear programs, facility management products, and first aid and safety supplies in North America. The company designs, manufactures, personalizes, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells uniforms and protective clothing, as well as non-garment items like industrial wiping products and floor mats. UniFirst serves businesses of all sizes across various industries through written service contracts, offering rental, lease, and purchase options.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.43B
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.2%
Net income
$148.3M
Diluted EPS
$7.98
Gross margin
36.6%
Operating margin
7.6%
Net margin
6.1%
FCF margin
5.9%
ROE
6.8%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
40.8×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$4.67B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended August 30, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Unifirst

  • Revenue grew 0.2% to $2.4B in FY2025, slower than the 8.7% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 7.6% in FY2025, -3.1 pp against 10.7% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $634M, up 3.9% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $143M in FY2025, 5.9% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 1.9% to $148M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Unifirst’s fundamentals sit among the 410 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin36.6%
55th percentile of 277
Operating margin7.6%
66th percentile of 348
Net margin6.1%
69th percentile of 384
FCF margin5.9%
63rd percentile of 358
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.2%
38th percentile of 401
ROE6.8%
51st percentile of 349
P/E40.8×
89th percentile of 245
Short interest2.38d
25th percentile of 408

Unifirst’s P/E of 40.8 ranks in the 89th percentile of the 245 peers with a meaningful P/E.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
3 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$206.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$134.9M510.0KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$53.4M202.1KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$7.3M27.4KNew
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$3.5M13.2KNew
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$2.6M9.7KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.1M8.1KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.1M8.0KNew
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$640,7872.4KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
941.4K
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+8.0%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.38
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
395.3K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-30941.4K+8.0%2.38
2026-09-15871.5K+36.8%2.59
2026-08-31637.2K-2.6%2.61
2026-08-14654.1K-13.7%5.61
2026-07-31758.3K-13.5%4.51
2026-07-15877.0K+4.8%7.26
2026-06-30836.5K+55.9%3.68
2026-06-15536.7K+19.6%1.75

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$2.43B$2.43B$2.23B$2.00B$1.83B
Gross profit
Operating income$184.5M$183.6M$133.6M$134.4M$195.8M
Net income$148.3M$145.5M$103.7M$103.4M$151.1M
Diluted EPS$7.98$7.77$5.53$5.46$7.94

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$203.5M$161.6M$79.4M$376.4M$512.9M
Current assets$924.6M$915.7M$840.1M$1.06B$1.10B
Total assets$2.78B$2.70B$2.57B$2.43B$2.38B
Current liabilities$290.4M$281.4M$267.2M$243.7M$254.7M
Long-term debt—————
Total liabilities$609.2M$587.9M$566.0M$512.1M$508.1M
Total equity$2.17B$2.11B$2.00B$1.92B$1.87B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$296.9M$295.3M$215.8M$122.6M$212.3M
Capital expenditure$154.3M$160.4M$172.0M$144.3M$133.6M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$634.4M3.9%$19.9M$1.09
Q2 FY2026$622.5M3.4%$20.5M$1.13
Q1 FY2026$621.3M2.7%$34.4M$1.89
Q4 FY2025-4.0%
Q3 FY2025$610.8M1.2%$39.7M$2.13
Q2 FY2025$602.2M1.9%$24.5M$1.31
Q1 FY2025$604.9M1.9%$43.1M$2.31
Q4 FY202411.9%

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryServices-Personal Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended August 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended May 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2011
SEC CIK717954

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-08
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10-Q/A2026-04-07
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10-Q2026-04-07
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8-K2026-09-11
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8-K2026-08-28
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8-K2026-07-01
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8-K2026-06-12
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.