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UniFirst (FRA:U1N) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is UniFirst Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. UniFirst's Operating Income for the three months ended in Aug. 2024 was €49 Mil. UniFirst's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Aug. 2024 was €0 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. UniFirst Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for UniFirst's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


FRA:U1N's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.2
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


UniFirst Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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UniFirst Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Interest Coverage

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

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's Interest Coverage falls into.



UniFirst Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

UniFirst's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024, UniFirst's Interest Expense was €0 Mil. Its Operating Income was €167 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €46 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate UniFirst's interest coverage with the available data.

UniFirst's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Aug. 2024, UniFirst's Interest Expense was €0 Mil. Its Operating Income was €49 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €46 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate UniFirst's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


UniFirst  (FRA:U1N) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


UniFirst Interest Coverage Related Terms

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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.

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