NYSE:UNF - UniFirst Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

UniFirst declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 28th. Investors of record on Friday, September 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.1125 per share on Friday, September 28th. This represents a $0.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.25%. The ex-dividend date 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 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.02. The textile maker earned $427.38 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $420.45 million. UniFirst had a net margin of 7.45% and a return on equity of 8.21%. UniFirst's revenue for the quarter 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 (EPS) 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 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for UniFirst's stock. Their forecasts range from $198.00 to $198.00. On average, they anticipate UniFirst's stock price to reach $198.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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." View Analyst Ratings for UniFirst.

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Media headlines about UNF stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. UniFirst earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the textile maker an impact score of 46.25 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for UniFirst.

UniFirst's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.03%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.21%), Royce & Associates LP (3.38%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.95%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.64%) and River Road Asset Management LLC (1.66%). 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, 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Royce & Associates LP, River Road Asset Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Millennium Management LLC, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold UniFirst company stock in the last year include Cecelia Levenstein, David A Difillippo, David Martin Katz, Kathleen M Camilli, Michael A Croatti, Michael Iandoli, Steven S Sintros and William Masters Ross. View Insider Buying and Selling for UniFirst.

UNF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BTIM Corp., BlackRock Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Zacks Investment Management, Bank of Montreal Can, California Public Employees Retirement System and WBI Investments Inc.. 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 $183.00.

UniFirst has a market capitalization of $3.56 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]