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UL Solutions Inc. (ULS) vs Unifirst Corporation (UNF)

UL Solutions Inc. and Unifirst Corporation are both Specialty Business Services companies. UL Solutions Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.3B against $4.5B — 3.0× the size. UL Solutions Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 26.3× against 39.1×. UL Solutions Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.61% against 1.42%. UL Solutions Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 4.65%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.6% vs 4.43%). Across the 20 metrics below, UL Solutions Inc. leads on 12 and Unifirst Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric ULS UNF Specialty Business Services median
P/E 26.31 39.14 23.86
P/S 4.24 1.88 1.06
P/B 8.24 2.13 2.37
Price to free cash flow 30.60 52.66 16.54
EV/EBITDA 17.63 15.81 11.51
EV/Sales 4.21 1.81 1.51
Earnings yield 3.80% 2.56% 2.14%
Free cash flow yield 3.27% 1.90% 1.55%

Profitability

Metric ULS UNF Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 50.41% 36.68% 35.31%
Operating margin 17.86% 5.77% 3.43%
Net margin 16.05% 4.65% 1.67%
Free cash flow margin 13.86% 3.57% 3.28%
Return on equity 36.96% 5.30% 0.58%
Return on assets 16.72% 4.15% 0.33%
Return on invested capital 23.62% 4.43% 0.65%

Growth

Metric ULS UNF Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.61% 1.42% 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1.23%) 2.70% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 6.16% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 1.78% 0.00%

Health

Metric ULS UNF Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 0.19 0.00 0.21
Current ratio 1.42 3.11 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA 0.28 (0.64) 1.16

Dividend

Metric ULS UNF Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield — 0.75% 1.61%
Payout ratio — 0.23 0.00

Size

Metric ULS UNF Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 13.29b 4.48b 879.14m

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