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UNF (UniFirst) Shiller PE Ratio : 21.60 (As of Jul. 21, 2025)


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What is UniFirst Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2025-07-21), UniFirst's current share price is $175.42. UniFirst's E10 for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was $8.12. UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 21.60.

The historical rank and industry rank for UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

UNF' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.16   Med: 26.22   Max: 37.75
Current: 21.61

During the past years, UniFirst's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 37.75. The lowest was 19.16. And the median was 26.22.

UNF's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
50.33% of 461 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 21.56 vs UNF: 21.61

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

UniFirst's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $2.130. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $8.12 for the trailing ten years ended in May. 2025.

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


UniFirst Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio 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.

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UniFirst Shiller PE Ratio Chart

UniFirst Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.50 31.75 23.23 22.48 23.64

UniFirst Quarterly Data
Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25 May25
Shiller PE Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.93 23.64 25.03 26.61 23.23

Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE 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 Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.


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UniFirst Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

UniFirst's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=175.42/8.12
=21.60

* 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.

UniFirst's E10 for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, UniFirst's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in May. 2025 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of May. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (May. 2025)
=2.13/135.3468*135.3468
=2.130

Current CPI (May. 2025) = 135.3468.

UniFirst Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201508 1.430 100.548 1.925
201511 1.780 100.135 2.406
201602 1.160 100.040 1.569
201605 1.490 101.355 1.990
201608 1.740 101.617 2.318
201611 1.380 101.829 1.834
201702 1.100 102.779 1.449
201705 1.190 103.256 1.560
201708 -0.250 103.587 -0.327
201711 1.670 104.072 2.172
201802 2.850 105.052 3.672
201805 1.850 106.148 2.359
201808 1.810 106.383 2.303
201811 1.990 106.338 2.533
201902 2.480 106.649 3.147
201905 2.460 108.048 3.082
201908 2.400 108.245 3.001
201911 2.520 108.519 3.143
202002 1.820 109.139 2.257
202005 1.120 108.175 1.401
202008 1.660 109.662 2.049
202011 2.200 109.793 2.712
202102 1.710 110.968 2.086
202105 2.210 113.576 2.634
202108 1.820 115.421 2.134
202111 1.770 117.269 2.043
202202 0.970 119.703 1.097
202205 1.330 123.323 1.460
202208 1.390 124.958 1.506
202211 1.810 125.607 1.950
202302 0.950 126.928 1.013
202305 1.290 128.314 1.361
202308 1.470 129.538 1.536
202311 2.260 129.548 2.361
202402 1.090 130.930 1.127
202405 2.030 132.509 2.073
202408 2.390 132.816 2.436
202411 2.310 133.110 2.349
202502 1.310 134.624 1.317
202505 2.130 135.347 2.130

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


UniFirst  (NYSE:UNF) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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UniFirst Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
68 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA, USA, 01887
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.
Executives
David Martin Katz officer: VP of Sales and Marketing 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
William Masters Ross officer: Senior VP of Operations C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
David A Difillippo officer: Senior VP of Operations
The Ronald D Croatti Trust - 1993 10 percent owner C/O CAROL CROATTI, 21 JEFFERSON DRIVE, LONDONDERRY NH 03053
Steven S Sintros officer: VP of Finance and CFO 68 JONSPIN RD., WILMINGTON MA 01888
Shane O'connor officer: Senior VP and CFO 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Michael Iandoli director 68 JONSPIN RD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Michael A Croatti officer: Senior VP of Operations C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Cecelia Levenstein 10 percent owner 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Matthew Croatti 10 percent owner C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Sergio A Pupkin director C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Joseph M Nowicki director C/O BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC., 505 HUNTMAR PARK DRIVE SUITE 300, HERNDON VA 20170
Cynthia Croatti director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive VP and Treasurer 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON DC 01887
Carol Croatti 10 percent owner 21 JEFFERSON DRIVE, LONDONDERRY NH 03053
Kathleen M Camilli director