UNF vs. MGRC, KAR, HCSG, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, SCI, HRB, YELP, and CSV
Should you be buying UniFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UniFirst include McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), OPENLANE (KAR), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), Service Co. International (SCI), H&R Block (HRB), Yelp (YELP), and Carriage Services (CSV).
UniFirst vs. Its Competitors
McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
McGrath RentCorp received 21 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.11% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 52.55% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.
In the previous week, McGrath RentCorp had 6 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for McGrath RentCorp and 6 mentions for UniFirst. UniFirst's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat McGrath RentCorp's score of 0.27 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of UniFirst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 25.44% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 6.00%. McGrath RentCorp's return on equity of 13.68% beat UniFirst's return on equity.
McGrath RentCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UniFirst. McGrath RentCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UniFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. McGrath RentCorp pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UniFirst pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. McGrath RentCorp has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and UniFirst has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. McGrath RentCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
McGrath RentCorp currently has a consensus price target of $145.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.33%. UniFirst has a consensus price target of $180.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.40%. Given McGrath RentCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe McGrath RentCorp is more favorable than UniFirst.
Summary
McGrath RentCorp beats UniFirst on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:UNF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
