UniFirst Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:UNF)

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

UniFirst announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 6th will be given a dividend of $0.1125 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 5th. View UniFirst's Dividend History.

UniFirst announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, January 3rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 3.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

UniFirst Corp (NYSE:UNF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June, 26th. The textile maker reported $2.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.76. The textile maker had revenue of $453.72 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $441.70 million. UniFirst had a return on equity of 9.67% and a net margin of 9.21%. The firm's revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.85 earnings per share. View UniFirst's Earnings History.

UniFirst is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for UniFirst.

UniFirst will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for UniFirst's shares. Their predictions range from $152.00 to $183.00. On average, they expect UniFirst's share price to reach $167.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for UniFirst.

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

News stories about UNF stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. UniFirst earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the textile maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for UniFirst.

UniFirst saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 204,000 shares, an increase of 34.1% from the August 15th total of 152,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 121,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View UniFirst's Current Options Chain.

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UniFirst's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.56%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and Alpha Windward LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own UniFirst stock include Cecelia Levenstein, Cynthia Croatti, David A Difillippo, David Martin Katz, Kathleen M Camilli, Michael A Croatti, Michael Iandoli, Steven S Sintros, The Ronald D Croatti Trust - 1 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 Alpha Windward LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold UniFirst company stock in the last year include Cecelia Levenstein, Cynthia Croatti, David A Difillippo, David Martin Katz, Michael A Croatti, Michael Iandoli, The Ronald D Croatti Trust - 1 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., NEXT Financial Group Inc and First Hawaiian Bank. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $196.43.

UniFirst has a market capitalization of $3.73 billion and generates $1.70 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $163.89 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.45 on an earnings per share basis. UniFirst employs 14,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About UniFirst.

The official website for UniFirst is http://www.unifirst.com/.

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]