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UniFirst (FRA:U1N) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.70 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is UniFirst Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-03), UniFirst's current share price is €149.00. UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €87.69. UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.70.

The historical rank and industry rank for UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:U1N' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.62   Med: 2.79   Max: 3.61
Current: 1.62

During the past years, UniFirst's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.61. The lowest was 1.62. And the median was 2.79.

FRA:U1N's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
52.82% of 657 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.54 vs FRA:U1N: 1.62

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

UniFirst's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €101.733. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €87.69 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2024.

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UniFirst Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

UniFirst Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.18 2.86 3.01 2.06 1.86

UniFirst Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Cyclically Adjusted PB 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 2.16 1.84 1.86 1.80 1.74

Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



UniFirst Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=149.00/87.69
=1.70

* 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 Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, UniFirst's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Feb. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2024)
=101.733/129.4194*129.4194
=101.733

Current CPI (Feb. 2024) = 129.4194.

UniFirst Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201405 40.207 100.373 51.843
201408 42.492 100.352 54.800
201411 46.573 99.635 60.496
201502 51.869 99.032 67.785
201505 54.177 100.333 69.883
201508 55.495 100.548 71.430
201511 59.152 100.135 76.451
201602 58.206 100.040 75.300
201605 58.041 101.355 74.112
201608 60.074 101.617 76.510
201611 63.529 101.829 80.742
201702 65.557 102.779 82.550
201705 64.630 103.256 81.007
201708 60.727 103.587 75.871
201711 62.399 104.072 77.596
201802 61.601 105.052 75.890
201805 63.192 106.148 77.046
201808 66.279 106.383 80.631
201811 70.772 106.338 86.134
201902 72.877 106.649 88.437
201905 75.672 108.048 90.640
201908 77.755 108.245 92.965
201911 80.079 108.519 95.502
202002 82.393 109.139 97.703
202005 82.917 108.175 99.201
202008 77.868 109.662 91.897
202011 79.533 109.793 93.750
202102 78.922 110.968 92.045
202105 80.410 113.576 91.627
202108 84.329 115.421 94.557
202111 88.002 117.269 97.120
202202 88.823 119.703 96.033
202205 96.078 123.323 100.828
202208 101.307 124.958 104.924
202211 101.955 125.607 105.049
202302 97.683 126.928 99.601
202305 97.287 128.314 98.125
202308 98.297 129.538 98.207
202311 100.713 129.548 100.613
202402 101.733 129.419 101.733

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

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  (FRA:U1N) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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UniFirst (FRA:U1N) Business Description

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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.

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