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Unifirst (UNF) Competitors

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$188.05 +1.73 (+0.93%)
As of 06/30/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

UNF vs. MGRC, KAR, HCSG, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, VSTS, IEX, AMCR, and CCK

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), Vestis (VSTS), IDEX (IEX), Amcor (AMCR), and Crown (CCK).

Unifirst vs. Its Competitors

McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and Unifirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap diversified support services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

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$910.94M3.13$231.73M$9.6512.02
Unifirst$2.43B1.44$145.47M$8.0423.39

McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 25.81% compared to Unifirst's net margin of 6.13%. McGrath RentCorp's return on equity of 13.57% beat Unifirst's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McGrath RentCorp25.81% 13.57% 6.41%
Unifirst 6.13%7.46%5.86%

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.

In the previous week, Unifirst had 4 more articles in the media than McGrath RentCorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Unifirst and 5 mentions for McGrath RentCorp. McGrath RentCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Unifirst's score of 0.06 indicating that McGrath RentCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
McGrath RentCorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unifirst
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unifirst has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Unifirst shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unifirst shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

McGrath RentCorp currently has a consensus price target of $145.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.47%. Unifirst has a consensus price target of $181.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.39%. Given McGrath RentCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Summary

McGrath RentCorp beats Unifirst on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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UNF vs. The Competition

MetricUnifirstUNIFORM & RELATED IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.46B$2.13B$7.50B$20.29B
Dividend Yield0.75%1.52%4.56%3.76%
P/E Ratio23.3923.3924.5727.49
Price / Sales1.440.85113.1438.28
Price / Cash11.717.6226.5317.85
Price / Book1.661.254.334.54
Net Income$145.47M$83.22M$790.28M$985.09M
7 Day Performance-0.01%-2.68%1.52%0.88%
1 Month Performance-0.45%-3.55%4.53%4.04%
1 Year Performance9.66%-20.49%31.08%13.29%

Unifirst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNF
Unifirst
3.7326 of 5 stars
$188.05
+0.9%
$181.67
-3.4%
+9.6%$3.46B$2.43B23.3916,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
4.9327 of 5 stars
$111.97
+0.6%
$145.50
+29.9%
+8.8%$2.74B$910.94M11.601,219Positive News
KAR
OPENLANE
3.0987 of 5 stars
$22.62
+1.5%
$24.00
+6.1%
+47.7%$2.39B$1.79B34.274,800Positive News
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.4472 of 5 stars
$14.30
-0.4%
$14.80
+3.5%
+42.1%$1.05B$1.72B25.5435,300
CTAS
Cintas
4.4945 of 5 stars
$220.90
+1.0%
$215.81
-2.3%
+27.3%$88.29B$9.60B51.1646,500Positive News
CPRT
Copart
3.4684 of 5 stars
$47.72
-0.5%
$55.50
+16.3%
-9.4%$46.38B$4.24B31.3911,700Positive News
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.0259 of 5 stars
$103.14
+1.8%
$121.71
+18.0%
+14.4%$29.90B$6.27B251.5628,850
VSTS
Vestis
4.2975 of 5 stars
$5.81
+1.5%
$11.75
+102.4%
-53.0%$753.80M$2.81B-32.2510,800
IEX
IDEX
4.6591 of 5 stars
$173.37
+0.1%
$212.50
+22.6%
-12.7%$13.08B$3.27B27.489,000Analyst Revision
AMCR
Amcor
4.0059 of 5 stars
$9.09
+1.3%
$11.31
+24.5%
-5.9%$12.96B$13.64B16.2341,000Positive News
CCK
Crown
4.0577 of 5 stars
$104.23
+0.6%
$110.45
+6.0%
+38.3%$12.06B$11.80B22.4223,000Trending News
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