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UniFirst Corporation

IndustrialsServices
Ticker UNFWILMINGTON, MAFiscal year ends AugustBook value per share $122.51Diluted shares 18.2M

UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) provides uniform and workwear programs, facility services, and first aid and safety products to businesses of all sizes across multiple industries. Its services include designing, manufacturing, personalizing, renting, cleaning and delivering uniforms and protective clothing, along… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2026, UniFirst Corporation reported revenue of $2.52B, up 3.7% from fiscal 2025, and net income of $109.49M. Its operating margin was 5.4%, and operations generated $205.28M in cash.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 08-29Changes are against fiscal 2025
Sales & profitability
$2.52BFY2026
+3.7% year over year
5.39%FY2026
−2.2 percentage points
$109.49MFY2026
−26.2% year over year
4.91%FY2026
−1.9 percentage points
Cash & financing
$205.28MFY2026
−30.9% year over year
$70.77MFY2026
−50.3% year over year
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18.2MFY2026
−2.1% year over year

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure.

What UniFirst Corporation does

In the company’s own words

UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) provides uniform and workwear programs, facility services, and first aid and safety products to businesses of all sizes across multiple industries. Its services include designing, manufacturing, personalizing, renting, cleaning and delivering uniforms and protective clothing, along with industrial wiping products, floor mats, restroom and cleaning supplies, and fire protection services. Customers can choose full-service rental, lease or direct-purchase programs, typically under three-to-five-year service contracts. UniFirst reports three segments: Uniform & Facility Service Solutions, which provides garments, cleanroom services and facility products; First Aid & Safety Solutions, which supplies first aid cabinet services, medicines, safety products, fire safety and training; and Other, which provides garment decontamination services for nuclear applications. The company serves more than 300,000 customer locations in the United States, Canada and Europe and employed approximately 15,100 people as of August 29, 2026. Founded in 1950, UniFirst also manufactures a portion of the garments and mats used in its service programs. Its website is www.unifirst.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Services
Headquarters
WILMINGTON, MA
Fiscal year end
August
CIK
717954
SIC
7200

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2012–2026 · USD
$-252.32M$504.65M$1.26B$2.02B$2.78B201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns UniFirst Corporation — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

277
funds hold it
1 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$1.70B
held by funds, at market

Superinvestors in UniFirst Corporation · what they did last quarter

Tweedy BrowneDECREASED -0.1%
Tweedy, Browne
2.0%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · UniFirst Corporation’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.21%of fund net assets
Touchstone Funds Group Trust-Touchstone Mid Cap Fund
TMCPX · Touchstone Funds Group Trust
2.88%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.12%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.05%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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