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Unifirst Corp

184.45 USD
-3.09
1.65%
At close Jun 13, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
184.45
+0.00
0.00%
1 day
-1.65%
5 days
-1.94%
1 month
-0.86%
3 months
-8.94%
6 months
-2.95%
Year to date
8.30%
1 year
20.37%
5 years
7.06%
10 years
62.83%
 

About: UniFirst Corp provides workplace uniforms, protective clothing, and other workplace products and services to businesses in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The U.S. and Canadian Rental and Cleaning segment that accounts for the majority of the company engages in sales rents and sells clothing and non-garment items, and offers a cleaning service that delivers clean uniforms when it picks up dirty or contaminated ones. Manufacturing segment designs and manufactures uniforms and non-garment items. Specialty garments rental and cleaning segment provides specialty garments, non-garments, and cleaning services for nuclear and classroom applications. The First Aid segment provides safety supplies and pill packaging. The Corporate segment consists of various associated costs.

Employees: 16,000

0
Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 3 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

200% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q4 2024] → 3 (+2) [Q1 2025]

108% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 52 | Existing positions closed: 25

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 275 [Q4 2024] → 299 (+24) [Q1 2025]

7% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 104 | Existing positions reduced: 97

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.5B [Q4 2024] → $2.48B (-$13.4M) [Q1 2025]

1.95% less ownership

Funds ownership: 97.08% [Q4 2024] → 95.13% (-1.95%) [Q1 2025]

84% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.22M | Put options by funds: $7.55M

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$152
18%
downside
Avg. target
$182
2%
downside
High target
$197
7%
upside

3 analyst ratings

positive
0%
neutral
67%
negative
33%
Barclays
Manav Patnaik
18%downside
$152
Underweight
Downgraded
4 Apr 2025
UBS
Joshua Chan
6%upside
$196
Neutral
Maintained
3 Apr 2025
Baird
Andrew Wittmann
7%upside
$197
Neutral
Maintained
3 Apr 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 4 articles about UNF published over the past 30 days

Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 week ago
UniFirst Corporation Plans to Announce Third Quarter Results on July 2, 2025
WILMINGTON, Mass., June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) will report its Fiscal 2025 third quarter results on July 2, 2025 before the market opens. The Company will also hold a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on July 2, 2025 to discuss its quarterly financial results, business highlights and outlook. In addition, the Company may answer one or more questions concerning business and financial developments and trends, the Company's view on earnings forecasts and other business and financial matters affecting the Company, some of the responses to which may contain information that has not been previously disclosed.
UniFirst Corporation Plans to Announce Third Quarter Results on July 2, 2025
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
UniFirst No. 9 Chevrolet Set for June 8 Race at Michigan International Speedway
WILMINGTON, Mass. , June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UniFirst Corporation   (NYSE:UNF), a North American leader in providing customized business uniform programs, facility service products and first aid and safety services, in partnership with 14-time NASCAR Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports, is bringing the UniFirst No.
UniFirst No. 9 Chevrolet Set for June 8 Race at Michigan International Speedway
Neutral
PRNewsWire
3 weeks ago
UniFirst's Owensboro Earns OSHA's VPP Star Certification and Governor's Health and Safety Award
WILMINGTON, Mass. , May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UniFirst Corporation  (NYSE:UNF), a North American leader in providing customized business uniform programs, facility service products and first aid and safety services, proudly announces that its Owensboro Distribution and Fulfillment Center in Kentucky has achieved two major safety milestones.
UniFirst's Owensboro Earns OSHA's VPP Star Certification and Governor's Health and Safety Award
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 weeks ago
UniFirst to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference
WILMINGTON, Mass., May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) today announced that Steven S. Sintros, President and Chief Executive Officer and Shane F. O'Connor, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the Baird 2025 Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference on June 4, 2025 with a featured presentation at 9:40am Eastern Time. The conference is being held at the InterContinental New York Barclay at 111 East 48th Street in New York City. They will discuss UniFirst's business highlights as well as information concerning recent business trends.
UniFirst to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Is Unifirst (UNF) Outperforming Other Industrial Products Stocks This Year?
Here is how UniFirst (UNF) and Wartsila (WRTBY) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Is Unifirst (UNF) Outperforming Other Industrial Products Stocks This Year?
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Has Unifirst (UNF) Outpaced Other Industrial Products Stocks This Year?
Here is how UniFirst (UNF) and Wartsila (WRTBY) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Has Unifirst (UNF) Outpaced Other Industrial Products Stocks This Year?
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Why You Shouldn't Bet Against Unifirst (UNF) Stock
Unifirst (UNF) has seen solid earnings estimate revision activity over the past month, and belongs to a strong industry as well.
Why You Shouldn't Bet Against Unifirst (UNF) Stock
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
Down -20.84% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why UniFirst (UNF) Looks Ripe for a Turnaround
UniFirst (UNF) is technically in oversold territory now, so the heavy selling pressure might have exhausted. This along with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in raising earnings estimates could lead to a trend reversal for the stock.
Down -20.84% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why UniFirst (UNF) Looks Ripe for a Turnaround
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 months ago
UniFirst Declares Regular Cash Dividends; New $100 Million Share Repurchase Authorization
WILMINGTON, Mass., April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF) today declared regular quarterly cash dividends of $0.350 per share (35.0 cents) on the Company's Common Stock and $0.280 per share (28.0 cents) on the Company's Class B Common Stock. Both dividends are payable on June 27, 2025 to shareholders of record on June 6, 2025.
UniFirst Declares Regular Cash Dividends; New $100 Million Share Repurchase Authorization
Neutral
MarketBeat
2 months ago
Cintas Ends UniFirst Talks—What's Next for UNF Stock?
UniFirst NYSE: UNF stock price got a boost when Cintas NASDAQ: CTAS entered takeover talks for the company, but the price increase has since been corrected. Cintas backed out of the negotiations because of a lack of meaningful interaction, leaving them to go about their business, which is uniform rental and laundry services for businesses.
Cintas Ends UniFirst Talks—What's Next for UNF Stock?
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