NYSE:UNF - UniFirst Stock Price, Price Target & More

UniFirst trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UNF."

UniFirst declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 7th will be given a dividend of $0.1125 per share on Friday, September 28th. This represents a $0.45 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 6th. View UniFirst's Dividend History.

UniFirst Corp (NYSE:UNF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June, 27th. The textile maker reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.56 by $0.02. The textile maker earned $427.38 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $420.45 million. UniFirst had a return on equity of 8.21% and a net margin of 7.45%. The business's revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.19 EPS. View UniFirst's Earnings History.

UniFirst is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for UniFirst.

UniFirst issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.95-8.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.69. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.68-1.687 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.67 billion.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for UniFirst's shares. Their forecasts range from $198.00 to $198.00. On average, they expect UniFirst's stock price to reach $198.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for UniFirst.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for UniFirst in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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News stories about UNF stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. UniFirst earned a news impact score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the textile maker an impact score of 45.39 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

UniFirst's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.07%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.01%). Company insiders that own UniFirst stock include Cecelia Levenstein, Cynthia Croatti, David A Difillippo, David Martin Katz, Michael A Croatti, Phillip L Cohen, Steven S Sintros and William Masters Ross. View Institutional Ownership Trends for UniFirst.

UNF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. View Insider Buying and Selling for UniFirst.

Shares of UNF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $186.45.

UniFirst has a market capitalization of $3.63 billion and generates $1.59 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $70.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.28 on an earnings per share basis. UniFirst employs 14,000 workers across the globe.

UniFirst's mailing address is 68 JONSPIN RD, WILMINGTON MA, 01887. The textile maker can be reached via phone at 978-658-8888 or via email at [email protected]