UniFirst's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $109.74.
During the past 12 months, UniFirst's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.90% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of UniFirst was 15.30% per year. The lowest was 5.20% per year. And the median was 11.20% per year.
UniFirst's current price is $165.30. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $109.74. Hence, today's PB Ratio of UniFirst is 1.51.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of UniFirst was 2.67. The lowest was 1.43. And the median was 1.94.
Good Sign:
UniFirst Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.51) is close to 10-year low of 1.43
UniFirst Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for UniFirst's Book Value per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Book Value per Share
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UniFirst's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
UniFirst's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's PB Ratio falls into.
UniFirst Book Value per Share Calculation
UniFirst's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
UniFirst Book Value per Share Related Terms
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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.
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