Unifirst UNF
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$290.25 +1.60 (+0.55%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Unifirst's (UNF) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.13 in Q2 2026, down 40.54% YoY from 0.21 in Q2 2025, and up 757.45% on a QoQ basis from 0.01 in Q1 2026.

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

Unifirst (UNF) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.13 in 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 rose to 0.13 in Q2 2026, from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.75 in Q4 2023 to a low of 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 slumped 130.29%.
  • Tracing UNF's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.29 in 2022, then surged by 160.29% to 0.75 in 2023, then sank by 97.12% to 0.02 in 2024, then soared by 684.53% to 0.17 in 2025, then dropped by 25.29% to 0.13 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.13 (Q2 2026), 0.01 (Q1 2026), and 0.17 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.84 Bn 81.56 Bn 1.48 Bn 0.29
2 Relx 65.92 Bn 65.74 Bn - -
3 Copart 31.68 Bn 28.33 Bn 732.88 Mn -
4 Global Payments 25.34 Bn 19.93 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.16
5 Rb Global 16.15 Bn 15.62 Bn 935.50 Mn 0.91
6 Aramark 15.72 Bn 15.22 Bn 430.34 Mn 6.55
7 UL Solutions 15.16 Bn 14.72 Bn 417.00 Mn 0.32
8 Rentokil Initial 11.92 Bn 9.40 Bn - -
9 Dolby Laboratories 6.14 Bn 5.47 Bn 264.68 Mn 0.22
10 Unifirst 5.24 Bn 5.07 Bn 234.73 Mn 0.30

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