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UniFirst (UniFirst) Net Cash per Share

: $-25.13 (As of Feb. 2024)
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Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). UniFirst's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $-25.13.

The historical rank and industry rank for UniFirst's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Net-Cash Ratio of UniFirst was 916.28. The lowest was 50.73. And the median was 130.97.

UNF's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 7.635
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

UniFirst Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Net Cash 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.

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UniFirst Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Net Cash per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.09 0.90 0.25 -7.27 -25.48

UniFirst Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Net Cash per Share 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -8.25 -25.64 -25.48 -25.28 -25.13

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UniFirst's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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 Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



UniFirst Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

UniFirst's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Aug. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(89.6-566.015-0)/18.6946
=-25.48

UniFirst's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(101.93-571.268-0)/18.6769
=-25.13

* 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) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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UniFirst (UniFirst) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
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 A Difillippo officer: Senior VP of Operations
Matthew Croatti 10 percent owner C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Michael A Croatti officer: Senior VP of Operations C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
William Masters Ross officer: Senior VP of Operations C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Shane O'connor officer: Senior VP and CFO 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Steven S Sintros officer: VP of Finance and CFO 68 JONSPIN RD., WILMINGTON MA 01888
Sergio A Pupkin director C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
David Martin Katz officer: VP of Sales and Marketing 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
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
The Ronald D Croatti Trust - 1993 10 percent owner C/O CAROL CROATTI, 21 JEFFERSON DRIVE, LONDONDERRY NH 03053
Kathleen M Camilli director
Michael Iandoli director 68 JONSPIN RD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Phillip L Cohen director 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887