UNIFIRST CORPORATION
At today's price, UNIFIRST CORPORATION (UNF) is priced for +5.3% growth. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
• UniFirst rents, cleans, and delivers work uniforms and facility-service products on recurring routes, a subscription-like model its 10-K describes as renting and selling ⟦industrial wiping products, floor mats, facility service products and other non-garment items⟧ alongside the core uniform programs. • Profitability is in a deliberate dip: fiscal 2026 reflects what management calls a temporary step back as the company invests in sales, service, and digital systems and absorbs new tariffs, wit
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321 institutional managers reported holding UNF in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 82% of the company; the top 10 hold 44%. 68 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 537k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (1.8 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
UNF has cut its share count 4.3% over the past five years, spending $173.51M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 4 years straight. Cash returned over the past three years: $66.01M in dividends and $127.41M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at UNF over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 12 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
UNF's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-07 | -6.3% | +13.9% |
| 2023-10-27 | -0.8% | +14.1% |
| 2024-01-05 | -9.4% | +4.9% |
| 2024-04-05 | +3.8% | -6.3% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
UNF's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-01 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-12 (items 5.07, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-01 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-03-11 (items 1.01, 5.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-01-07 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 28, 2026
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