How did Unifirst Corp (UNF) surprise investors with its report?

Kevin Freeman

A share price of Unifirst Corp [UNF] is currently trading at $199.57, up 0.29%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The UNF shares have gain 12.87% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 22.97%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Previously, Barclays downgraded its rating to Underweight on April 04, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $152. On January 04, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $185 on the stock. Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and suggested a price target of $160 on October 06, 2023. UBS initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $185 as its price target on June 01, 2023. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Underweight for this stock on April 01, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $178. In a note dated January 06, 2022, Robert W. Baird upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $215 to $236.

Unifirst Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $147.66 and $243.70. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $174.67 within the next 12 months. Unifirst Corp [NYSE: UNF] shares were valued at $199.57 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -12.48% based on the average UNF price forecast.

Analyzing the UNF fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Unifirst Corp [NYSE:UNF] were 2.43B which represents -4.01% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.37% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.03.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 197.70 points at the first support level, and at 195.84 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 201.09, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 202.62.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Unifirst Corp [NYSE:UNF] is 3.12. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.83, while the Cash Ratio is 0.7. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.43, the price to book ratio is 1.61 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.01.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Katz David Martin, Executive VP, Sales/Marketing, that happened on Nov 03 ’25 when 9.0 shares were sold. Officer, David Katz completed a deal on Nov 03 ’25 to buy 4114.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive VP, Sales/Marketing Katz David Martin sold 1299.0 shares on Feb 18 ’25.

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