Unifirst Corporation (UNF): Price and Financial Metrics

UNF POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where UNF ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 93.24% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for UNF is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• UNF ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 29th percentile.

UNF Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 889.96, UNIFIRST CORP is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 96.66% of US stocks.
• UNIFIRST CORP's stock had its IPO on January 5, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.73% of US equities in our set.
• For UNF, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by merely 15.13% of US equities we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to UNF, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are GXO, FMBH, RNST, MD, and UCBI.
• UNF's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit UNIFIRST CORP's official web site, go to www.unifirst.com.

UNF Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, UNF's price/sales ratio is 20% lower, now standing at 1.4.
• Over the past 243 months, UNF's price/earnings ratio has gone up 15.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for UNF.

UNF Growth Metrics

Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 26.09%.
• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 7.73%.
• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at 10.06%.

UNF's revenue has moved up $359,967,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows UNF's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	2,056.456	142.525	103.656
2022-09-30	2,000.822	122.649	103.404
2022-06-30	1,949.684	113.617	111.837
2022-03-31	1,902.459	129.179	128.786
2021-12-31	1,865.527	167.383	142.92
2021-09-30	1,826.216	212.302	151.111

UNF's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• UNF has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 80.73% of graded US stocks.
• UNF's asset turnover comes in at 0.792 -- ranking 20th of 50 Personal Services stocks.
• BFAM, GHC, and LRN are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with UNF.

The table below shows UNF's key quality metrics over time.