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Unifirst Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Unifirst Corp had return on equity of 5.0% and a net margin of 4.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Aug 20102011Aug 20112012Aug 20122013Aug 20132014Aug 20142015Aug 20152016Aug 20162017Aug 20172018Aug 20182019Aug 20192020Aug 20202021Aug 20212022Aug 20222023Aug 20232024Aug 20242025Aug 20252026Aug 2026
Net margin7.4%6.7%7.6%8.6%8.6%8.5%8.5%4.4%9.7%9.9%7.5%8.3%5.2%4.6%6.0%6.1%4.3%
Return on equity10.8%10.2%11.2%12.2%11.2%10.5%9.6%5.0%11.1%11.4%8.0%8.4%5.5%5.3%7.1%6.9%5.0%
Return on assets7.0%6.8%8.0%8.9%8.6%8.4%7.7%4.0%8.8%9.1%6.4%6.6%4.3%4.1%5.5%5.4%3.9%
Effective tax rate37.8%36.6%37.0%37.8%38.6%38.2%38.5%39.0%12.5%24.7%23.7%23.2%23.0%25.3%23.2%24.1%22.9%
SG&A as % of revenue20.8%20.6%19.2%19.4%19.5%20.2%19.4%21.5%21.3%18.5%20.1%21.0%22.6%22.3%21.5%23.2%25.6%
Dividends ÷ net income3.6%3.7%3.0%2.4%2.4%2.3%2.3%4.1%2.6%4.6%11.6%12.0%20.1%21.3%16.0%16.6%23.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · August 29, 2026
What it owns · $2.9bn
Short-term assets $968mLonger-term assets $1.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.9bn
Short-term liabilities $308mLonger-term liabilities $333mShareholders' equity $2.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $968m of assets due within a year against $308m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $968m short-term assets against $333m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Unifirst Corp's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

65 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Unifirst's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 16 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 12.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 36.6%, moving by 1.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 11 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.6%; its worst year was 5.4%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 5.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 4.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (70 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Unifirst Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Unifirst Corp.