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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.

McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McGrath RentCorp25.44% 13.68% 6.16%
UniFirst 6.00%7.40%5.80%

In the previous week, McGrath RentCorp had 13 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for McGrath RentCorp and 7 mentions for UniFirst. UniFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat McGrath RentCorp's score of 0.98 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
McGrath RentCorp
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UniFirst
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
McGrath RentCorp$918.53M2.88$174.62M$9.6511.13
UniFirst$2.45B1.37$145.47M$8.0422.41

McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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. McGrath RentCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
McGrath RentCorpOutperform Votes
258
58.11%
Underperform Votes
186
41.89%
UniFirstOutperform Votes
237
52.55%
Underperform Votes
214
47.45%

McGrath RentCorp presently has a consensus target price of $145.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.51%. UniFirst has a consensus target price of $180.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.10%. Given McGrath RentCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe McGrath RentCorp is more favorable than UniFirst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
McGrath RentCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
UniFirst
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of UniFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

McGrath RentCorp beats UniFirst on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UNF vs. The Competition

MetricUniFirstPersonal services IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.35B$1.24B$7.20B$18.96B
Dividend Yield0.79%1.84%3.56%4.01%
P/E Ratio23.0411.3721.0232.87
Price / Sales1.3725.8581.7628.03
Price / Cash13.4330.5126.9017.52
Price / Book1.592.603.754.47
Net Income$145.47M$76.26M$808.20M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.11%14.34%4.07%0.73%
1 Month Performance2.92%3.75%2.73%-2.62%
1 Year Performance11.79%-0.25%15.20%4.59%

UniFirst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNF
UniFirst
3.2151 of 5 stars
$180.18
+1.0%
$180.00
-0.1%
+11.8%$3.35B$2.45B23.0414,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
4.9631 of 5 stars
$102.80
-2.0%
$145.50
+41.5%
+0.6%$2.52B$910.94M10.901,220Insider Trade
Positive News
KAR
OPENLANE
4.0115 of 5 stars
$18.29
-2.3%
$22.75
+24.4%
+7.1%$1.96B$1.79B34.513,960Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.6484 of 5 stars
$9.37
-1.6%
$14.00
+49.4%
+36.5%$683.22M$1.72B17.3535,700Positive News
CTAS
Cintas
4.5174 of 5 stars
$200.41
-2.6%
$213.62
+6.6%
+26.3%$80.92B$10.14B48.3243,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CPRT
Copart
2.8274 of 5 stars
$58.73
-1.6%
$58.00
-1.2%
+11.1%$56.74B$4.51B39.4211,700Positive News
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.6659 of 5 stars
$81.78
-2.9%
$121.29
+48.3%
+17.7%$24.02B$6.15B134.0726,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SCI
Service Co. International
4.1648 of 5 stars
$76.66
-1.2%
$88.50
+15.4%
+7.1%$11.05B$4.19B21.5917,600Earnings Report
Positive News
Gap Down
HRB
H&R Block
3.5383 of 5 stars
$59.76
-5.2%
$57.00
-4.6%
+30.3%$8.00B$3.62B16.4669,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
YELP
Yelp
3.5131 of 5 stars
$32.59
-1.4%
$36.33
+11.5%
-13.0%$2.12B$1.41B16.974,900Upcoming Earnings
CSV
Carriage Services
3.4746 of 5 stars
$38.54
-2.4%
$45.00
+16.8%
+54.2%$603.15M$404.20M17.282,550Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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