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UNF (UniFirst) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 21.32 (As of Jun. 29, 2025)


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What is UniFirst Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-06-29), UniFirst's share price is $186.32. UniFirst's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was $8.74. Hence, UniFirst's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 21.32.

The historical rank and industry rank for UniFirst's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

UNF' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.38   Med: 26.22   Max: 1575.95
Current: 21.32

During the past 13 years, UniFirst's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 1575.95. The lowest was 15.38. And the median was 26.22.

UNF's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
68.25% of 696 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.465 vs UNF: 21.32

UniFirst's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $2.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $8.74.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of UniFirst was 85.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 20.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, UniFirst's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 232.50% per year. The lowest was -59.50% per year. And the median was 6.70% per year.


UniFirst Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

UniFirst Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.58 55.44 - 75.50 26.34

UniFirst Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 35.86 30.93 26.34 24.58 24.59

Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

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

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

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


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UniFirst Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

UniFirst's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=186.32/8.741
=21.32

UniFirst's Share Price of today is $186.32.
UniFirst's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $8.74.

* 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:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

UniFirst  (NYSE:UNF) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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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.
Executives
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
Sergio A Pupkin director C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
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