UniFirst Corporation
Rank #206ValueUNF · NYSE · Industrials
UniFirst Corporation (UNF) — Rank #206 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.32) · ROE 6.7% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-28 · CIK 0000717954 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
UniFirst Corporation provides workplace uniforms and protective work wear clothing in the United States, Europe, and Canada.
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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.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- MA
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- August 29
- Website
- unifirst.com
Financials
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2025-08-30filed 2025-10-29 | 2024-08-31filed 2024-11-14 | 2023-08-26filed 2023-10-26 | 2022-08-27filed 2022-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | ||||
| Depreciation & amortization | 140.4 | 141.4 | 121.2 | 108.8 |
| Stock-based compensation | 12.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| Change in inventory | (12.3) | 8.5 | (4.0) | 8.1 |
| Change in payables | 2.3 | (4.1) | 10.1 | (0.9) |
| Operating cash flow | 296.9 | 295.3 | 215.8 | 122.6 |
| Investing | ||||
| Capital expenditures | 154.3 | 160.4 | 172.0 | 144.3 |
| Acquisitions, net of cash | 11.9 | 0.2 | 306.2 | 44.2 |
| Investing cash flow | (155.0) | (162.2) | (487.6) | (186.5) |
| Financing | ||||
| Debt issued | — | — | — | — |
| Debt repaid | — | — | — | — |
| Share repurchases | 70.9 | 23.8 | 0.0 | 44.4 |
| Dividends paid | 24.6 | 23.3 | 22.1 | 20.8 |
| Financing cash flow | (101.2) | (50.4) | (25.8) | (69.4) |
| Summary | ||||
| Free cash flow | 142.5 | 134.9 | 43.8 | (21.7) |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?