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UniFirst (UniFirst) PB Ratio

: 1.44 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), UniFirst's share price is $158.51. UniFirst's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $109.74. Hence, UniFirst's PB Ratio of today is 1.44.

Good Sign:

UniFirst Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.42) is close to 10-year low of 1.42

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

UNF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.41   Med: 1.94   Max: 2.67
Current: 1.44

During the past 13 years, UniFirst's highest PB Ratio was 2.67. The lowest was 1.41. And the median was 1.94.

UNF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
59.96% of 1029 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.76 vs UNF: 1.44

During the past 12 months, UniFirst's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of UniFirst was 15.30% per year. The lowest was 5.20% per year. And the median was 11.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


UniFirst PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's 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 Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.27 2.09 2.31 1.76 1.64

UniFirst Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
PB Ratio 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 1.88 1.62 1.64 1.58 1.54

Competitive Comparison

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

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

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



UniFirst PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

UniFirst's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Feb. 2024)
=158.51/109.744
=1.44

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


UniFirst  (NYSE:UNF) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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