Unifirst Corporation

UNF Industrials Specialty Business Services

Unifirst Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $2.5 billion, up 3.74% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+4.97%
EPS
−13.8%
Free cash flow
−31.1%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

252.77 3.35 −1.31%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
40.7×
Fwd P/E
40.0×
Dividend yield
0.57%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
7.04
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
90/100

Unifirst Corporation (UNF) Free cash flow margin

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Unifirst Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 2.84%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.98% (fiscal 2022) to 9.44% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is below the Specialty Business Services industry median of 3.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.08%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 2.84% (3.15)
FY2025 5.99% 0.38
FY2024 5.61% 3.63
FY2023 1.98% 2.96
FY2022 −0.98% (5.32)
FY2021 4.34% (5.10)
FY2020 9.44% 0.45
FY2019 8.99% 1.97
FY2018 7.02% 0.07
FY2017 6.95% (0.50)

Against its own ten years

Low −0.98% High 9.44%
Ten-year median 6.47%
Current reading's percentile 25

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
DLB Dolby Laboratories compare 26.7%
AZZ AZZ Inc. compare 12.4%
FA First Advantage Corporation compare 11.8%
CBZ CBIZ, Inc. compare 9.62%
MMS Maximus, Inc. compare 8.25%
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated compare 3.43%
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 3.35%
UNF Unifirst Corporation 2.84%
TIC Acuren Corporation compare 1.39%
Specialty Business Services industry median 3.00%
Industrials sector median 2.08%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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