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UniFirst's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Nov. 2024 was $56 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2024 was $186 Mil.
EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. UniFirst's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2024 was 7.29%. UniFirst's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2024 was 16.42%.
EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield. UniFirst's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2024 was 5.10%.
The historical data trend for UniFirst's EBIT 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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172.73 | 195.83 | 134.35 | 133.60 | 183.58 |
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53.14 | 27.94 | 48.45 | 54.05 | 55.53 |
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UniFirst's EV-to-EBIT, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBIT 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.
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's EV-to-EBIT falls into.
EBIT, sometimes also called Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all expenses except interest and income tax expenses. It is the difference between operating revenues and operating expenses. When a firm does not have non-operating income, then Operating Income is sometimes used as a synonym for EBIT and operating profit.
EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $186 Mil.
* 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 (NYSE:UNF) EBIT Explanation
1. EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.
UniFirst's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2024 is calculated as:
ROC % (Q: Nov. 2024 ) | ||||||
= | NOPAT | / | Average Invested Capital | |||
= | Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % ) | / | ( (Invested Capital (Q: Aug. 2024 ) | + | Invested Capital (Q: Nov. 2024 )) | / count ) |
= | 222.124 * ( 1 - 25.6% ) | / | ( (2258.141 | + | 2277.859) | / 2 ) |
= | 165.260256 | / | 2268 | |||
= | 7.29 % |
where
Invested Capital | (Q: Aug. 2024 ) | |||||||||||
= | Total Assets | - | Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense | - | Excess Cash | |||||||
= | Total Assets | - | Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense | - | ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | - | max(0, Total Current Liabilities | - | Total Current Assets | + | Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | )) |
= | 2696.413 | - | 263.196 | - | ( 175.076 | - | max(0, 281.437 | - | 915.676 | + | 175.076 | )) |
= | 2258.141 |
Invested Capital | (Q: Nov. 2024 ) | |||||||||||
= | Total Assets | - | Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense | - | Excess Cash | |||||||
= | Total Assets | - | Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense | - | ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | - | max(0, Total Current Liabilities | - | Total Current Assets | + | Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | )) |
= | 2701.752 | - | 242.913 | - | ( 180.98 | - | max(0, 260.898 | - | 916.397 | + | 180.98 | )) |
= | 2277.859 |
Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Nov. 2024) data.
2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:
UniFirst's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2024 is calculated as:
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % | (Q: Nov. 2024 ) | ||||||
= | EBIT | / | Average of (Net fixed Assets | + | Net Working Capital) | ||
= | EBIT | / | Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment | + | Net Working Capital) | ||
Q: Aug. 2024 | Q: Nov. 2024 | ||||||
= | EBIT | / | ( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) | + | (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) ) | / | count ) |
= | 222.124 | / | ( ( (868.294 + max(477.404, 0)) | + | (867.492 + max(492.504, 0)) ) | / | 2 ) |
= | 222.124 | / | ( ( 1345.698 | + | 1359.996 ) | / | 2 ) |
= | 222.124 | / | 1352.847 | ||||
= | 16.42 % |
where Working Capital is:
Working Capital | (Q: Aug. 2024 ) | ||||||||||
= | (Accounts Receivable | + | Total Inventories | + | Other Current Assets) | - | (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense | + | Defer. Rev. | + | Other Current Liabilities) |
= | (278.851 | + | 394.877 | + | 66.872) | - | (263.196 | + | 0 | + | 0) |
= | 477.404 |
Working Capital | (Q: Nov. 2024 ) | ||||||||||
= | (Accounts Receivable | + | Total Inventories | + | Other Current Assets) | - | (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense | + | Defer. Rev. | + | Other Current Liabilities) |
= | (281.542 | + | 389.451 | + | 64.424) | - | (242.913 | + | 0 | + | 0) |
= | 492.504 |
When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.
Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Nov. 2024) EBIT data.
3. It is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of Earnings Yield:
UniFirst's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % | = | EBIT (TTM) | / | Enterprise Value (Q: Nov. 2024 ) |
= | 185.972 | / | 3647.162 | |
= | 5.10 % |
* 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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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 |
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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 |
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