Valuation

UNFUniFirst

StockNYSEUnited StatesIndustrialsEU retail investors: available

+1.2% today · +58.3% over a year

7/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 70% of the instruments we score

Trend, Stability, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 39.6). Dividend yield 0.61%.

UniFirst (UNF) valuation against sector peers: P/E 39.6 (sector median 25.4), P/B 1.9, EV/EBIT 30.4, free-cash-flow yield 1.6%, P/S 1.7.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Industrials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricUNFSector medianvs median
P/E39.625.4 · n=26256% above
P/B1.93.8 · n=29549% below
P/S1.72.0 · n=30613% below
EV/EBIT30.419.8 · n=24754% above
Free-cash-flow yield1.6%4.0% · n=28959% below
Dividend yield0.61%0.45% · n=33435% above
Return on equity5.0%14.5% · n=30566% below
Return on invested capital5.2%11.6% · n=28455% below
Gross margin36.6%33.1% · n=25510% above
Net debt / EBITDA−0.691.51 · n=255146% below

Value factor: 27 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

GEGE Aerospace38.119.8—2.3%0.5%—/10
CATCaterpillar23.212.818.74.1%1.3%7/10
RTXRTX Corporation31.53.826.03.6%1.4%5/10
GEVGE Vernova21.219.373.17.8%0.2%8/10
DEDeere & Company38.26.7—3.2%0.9%—/10
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation23.28.019.33.8%1.9%10/10
UBERUber41.95.321.57.2%0.0%7/10
ETNEaton Corporation35.86.7—2.7%1.2%3/10
BABoeing18.720.916.60.0%0.0%1/10
LMTLockheed Martin20.913.516.36.2%2.3%8/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 29 Aug 2026 · filed 28 Oct 2026