UniFirst Corporation

NYSE:UNF Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.9b

UniFirst Valuation

Is UNF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of UNF when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: UNF ($271.78) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($143.86)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: UNF is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UNF?

Key metric: As UNF is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UNF. This is calculated by dividing UNF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UNF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio42.4x
EarningsUS$115.79m
Market CapUS$4.91b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UNF's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UNF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.6x
HCSG Healthcare Services Group
24.1x9.14%US$1.6b
CPRT Copart
16.4x4.56%US$25.5b
LQDT Liquidity Services
40.2x23.96%US$1.2b
RBA RB Global
49.9x21.01%US$20.1b
UNF UniFirst
42.4x17.72%US$4.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UNF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.4x) compared to the peer average (32.6x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UNF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Commercial Services Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COLD.F Cardno
1.4xn/aUS$6.64m
No more companies available in this PE range
UNF 42.4xIndustry Avg. 21.2xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UNF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.4x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (21.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UNF's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UNF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio42.4x
Fair PE Ratio21.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UNF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst UNF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$271.78
US$273.33
+0.57%
2.95%US$280.00US$262.00n/a3
Jul ’27US$266.54
US$272.67
+2.30%
3.30%US$280.00US$260.00n/a3
Jun ’27US$264.44
US$279.00
+5.51%
5.42%US$297.00US$260.00n/a3
May ’27US$252.10
US$279.00
+10.67%
5.42%US$297.00US$260.00n/a3
Apr ’27US$254.59
US$261.00
+2.52%
15.14%US$297.00US$206.00n/a3
Mar ’27US$234.82
US$197.00
-16.11%
19.95%US$240.00US$145.00n/a3
Feb ’27US$215.00
US$183.00
-14.88%
14.79%US$206.00US$145.00n/a3
Jan ’27US$192.90
US$167.33
-13.25%
9.59%US$182.00US$145.00n/a3
Dec ’26US$177.15
US$165.50
-6.58%
8.61%US$182.00US$145.00n/a4
Nov ’26US$154.35
US$165.50
+7.22%
8.61%US$182.00US$145.00n/a4
Oct ’26US$166.31
US$178.25
+7.18%
9.46%US$194.00US$152.00n/a4
Sep ’26US$177.82
US$178.25
+0.24%
9.46%US$194.00US$152.00n/a4
Aug ’26US$169.98
US$178.25
+4.87%
9.46%US$194.00US$152.00n/a4
Jul ’26US$190.41
US$181.67
-4.59%
11.55%US$197.00US$152.00US$266.543
Jun ’26US$188.56
US$181.67
-3.66%
11.55%US$197.00US$152.00US$264.443
May ’26US$179.82
US$181.67
+1.03%
11.55%US$197.00US$152.00US$252.103
Apr ’26US$175.36
US$197.33
+12.53%
7.95%US$218.00US$180.00US$254.593
Mar ’26US$214.92
US$211.00
-1.82%
10.90%US$235.00US$180.00US$234.823
Feb ’26US$214.32
US$211.00
-1.55%
10.90%US$235.00US$180.00US$215.003
Jan ’26US$171.09
US$185.50
+8.42%
5.67%US$200.00US$172.00US$192.904
Dec ’25US$200.87
US$185.50
-7.65%
5.67%US$200.00US$172.00US$177.154
Nov ’25US$179.88
US$185.50
+3.12%
5.67%US$200.00US$172.00US$154.354
Oct ’25US$193.56
US$186.00
-3.91%
4.97%US$199.00US$175.00US$166.314
Sep ’25US$189.69
US$186.00
-1.95%
4.97%US$199.00US$175.00US$177.824
Aug ’25US$191.73
US$186.00
-2.99%
4.97%US$199.00US$175.00US$169.984
Jul ’25US$171.67
US$186.00
+8.35%
4.97%US$199.00US$175.00US$190.414
US$273.33
Fair Value
0.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
3
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/12 09:30
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/10 00:00
Earnings2026/05/30
Annual Earnings2025/08/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

UniFirst Corporation is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew WittmannBaird
Manav PatnaikBarclays
Kevin SteinkeBarrington Research Associates, Inc.