Unifirst (UNF) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Unifirst (UNF) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.13 for Q2 2026, up 757.45% on a QoQ basis from 0.01 in Q1 2026, and down 40.54% year-over-year from 0.21 in Q2 2025.

Unifirst (UNF) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unifirst's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.13 for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 40.54% year-over-year to 0.13 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 0.08 (up 86.81% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.17, up 112.27% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.13 for Q2 2026 at Unifirst, up from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.75 in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.03 in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.13 and a median of 0.07 in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio soared 870.13% — and 2023, when it sank 130.29%.
  • Unifirst's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.29 in 2022, then jumped by 160.29% to 0.75 in 2023, then tumbled by 97.12% to 0.02 in 2024, then surged by 684.53% to 0.17 in 2025, then fell by 25.29% to 0.13 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNF's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.13 in Q2 2026, 0.01 in Q1 2026, and 0.17 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 0.34
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - -
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - -0.42
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn -
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.12
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 0.39
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 0.16
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 0.11
10 Unifirst 5.24 Bn 5.07 Bn 234.73 Mn 0.13

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 30, 2026 0.13
Feb 28, 2026 0.01
Nov 29, 2025 0.17
Aug 30, 2025 0.12
May 31, 2025 0.21
Mar 1, 2025 0.06
Nov 30, 2024 0.02
Aug 31, 2024 0.03
May 25, 2024 0.03
Feb 24, 2024 0.03
Nov 25, 2023 0.75
Aug 26, 2023 0.08
May 27, 2023 0.03
Feb 25, 2023 -0.03
Nov 26, 2022 0.29
Aug 27, 2022 0.21
May 28, 2022 0.05
Feb 26, 2022 0.11
Nov 27, 2021 -0.04
Aug 28, 2021 -0.04