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 dividend on an annualized basis 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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, June, 27th. The textile maker reported $1.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.02. The textile maker had revenue of $427.38 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $420.45 million. UniFirst had a net margin of 7.45% and a return on equity of 8.21%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.19 earnings per share. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for UniFirst's stock. Their predictions 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 6.5% 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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Media coverage about UNF stock has been trending positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. UniFirst earned a media sentiment score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the textile maker an impact score of 45.70 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

UniFirst's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%) 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold UniFirst company stock in the last year include Cecelia Levenstein, David A Difillippo, David Martin Katz, Michael A Croatti, Steven S Sintros and William Masters Ross. View Insider Buying and Selling for UniFirst.

UNF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC 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 $186.00.

UniFirst has a market capitalization of $3.55 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]