Unifirst Corp cash flow statement
In fiscal 2026, Unifirst Corp's operations generated $205m of cash; it spent $135m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $70.8m. It returned $25.2m in dividends and $32.7m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Aug 2010 | 2011Aug 2011 | 2012Aug 2012 | 2013Aug 2013 | 2014Aug 2014 | 2015Aug 2015 | 2016Aug 2016 | 2017Aug 2017 | 2018Aug 2018 | 2019Aug 2019 | 2020Aug 2020 | 2021Aug 2021 | 2022Aug 2022 | 2023Aug 2023 | 2024Aug 2024 | 2025Aug 2025 | 2026Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 134 | 86 | 159 | 212 | 195 | 227 | 208 | 218 | 230 | 282 | 287 | 212 | 123 | 216 | 295 | 297 | 205 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 61 | 65 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 82 | 89 | 97 | 103 | 105 | 106 | 109 | 121 | 141 | 140 | 142 |
| Stock-based pay | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Capital spending | 50 | 64 | 75 | 104 | 92 | 101 | 98 | 109 | 113 | 120 | 117 | 134 | 144 | 172 | 160 | 154 | 135 |
| Free cash flow | 84 | 22 | 85 | 108 | 103 | 126 | 109 | 110 | 117 | 162 | 170 | 79 | −22 | 44 | 135 | 143 | 71 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 80 | 16 | 78 | 102 | 97 | 120 | 104 | 97 | 113 | 157 | 164 | 72 | −31 | 35 | 125 | 130 | 58 |
| Dividends paid | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 |
| Share buybacks | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 146 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 24 | 71 | 33 |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Nov 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3May 2025 | 2025 Q4Aug 2025 | 2026 Q1Nov 2025 | 2026 Q2Feb 2026 | 2026 Q3May 2026 | 2026 Q4Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 58 | 70 | 68 | 100 | 15 | 74 | 51 | 66 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 |
| Stock-based pay | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Capital spending | 34 | 33 | 44 | 45 | 39 | 38 | 30 | 28 |
| Free cash flow | 25 | 38 | 24 | 56 | −24 | 35 | 21 | 38 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 22 | 35 | 22 | 53 | −27 | 33 | 18 | 35 |
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