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 Tuesday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 8th will be given a dividend of $0.1125 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. This is an increase from UniFirst's previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. View UniFirst's Dividend History.

UniFirst Corp (NYSE:UNF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 28th. The textile maker reported $1.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.31. The textile maker earned $419.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $405.64 million. UniFirst had a return on equity of 7.95% and a net margin of 6.79%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.10 EPS. View UniFirst's Earnings History.

UniFirst is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, June, 27th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for UniFirst.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for UniFirst's shares. Their forecasts range from $183.00 to $183.00. On average, they expect UniFirst's share price to reach $183.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for UniFirst.

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News headlines about UNF stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. UniFirst earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the textile maker an impact score of 44.68 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

UniFirst's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.76%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.08%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.89%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.60%), River Road Asset Management LLC (1.85%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.56%). Company insiders that own UniFirst stock include 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 Russell Investments Group Ltd., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, New South Capital Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, WCM Investment Management CA, American International Group Inc., FIL Ltd and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold UniFirst company stock in the last year include 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 Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, BlackRock Inc., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Millennium Management LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, Great Lakes Advisors LLC and Highbridge Capital Management LLC. 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 $182.20.

UniFirst has a market capitalization of $3.70 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]