Unifirst (UNF) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Unifirst (UNF) posted EBIT Margin of 3.63% for Q2 2026, down 13.13% on a QoQ basis from 4.18% in Q1 2026, and down 426.0% year-over-year from 1.11% in Q2 2025.

Unifirst (UNF) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unifirst's EBIT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.63% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin fell 426.0% year-over-year to 3.63% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 5.77% (down 191.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 7.59%, up 2.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 3.63% for Q2 2026 at Unifirst, down from 4.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 83.9% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 3.63% in Q2 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 10.82% and a median of 6.94% in 2022 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — EBIT Margin jumped 7746 bps — and 2024, when it sank 7546 bps.
  • Unifirst's EBIT Margin stood at 8.01% in 2022, then increased by 12 bps to 8.95% in 2023, then increased by 3 bps to 9.18% in 2024, then declined by 21 bps to 7.29% in 2025, then plunged by 50 bps to 3.63% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNF's EBIT Margin at 3.63% in Q2 2026, 4.18% in Q1 2026, and 7.29% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 23.22%
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - 7.67%
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - 30.62%
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn 37.53%
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.53%
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 17.62%
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 18.21%
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 4.48%
10 Unifirst 5.24 Bn 5.07 Bn 234.73 Mn 3.63%

Historic Data

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May 30, 2026 3.63%
Feb 28, 2026 4.18%
Nov 29, 2025 7.29%
Aug 30, 2025 8.07%
May 31, 2025 7.89%
Mar 1, 2025 5.18%
Nov 30, 2024 9.18%
Aug 31, 2024 8.45%
May 25, 2024 8.03%
Feb 24, 2024 4.73%
Nov 25, 2023 8.95%
Aug 26, 2023 83.90%
May 27, 2023 5.79%
Feb 25, 2023 3.82%
Nov 26, 2022 8.01%
Aug 27, 2022 6.44%
May 28, 2022 6.59%
Feb 26, 2022 4.65%
Nov 27, 2021 9.21%
Aug 28, 2021 9.66%