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

Unifirst (UNF) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Unifirst's (UNF) quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 5.62 in Q2 2026, down 54.53% YoY from 12.35 in Q2 2025, and down 13.63% on a QoQ basis from 6.5 in Q1 2026.

Unifirst (UNF) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unifirst (UNF) has 18 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 5.62 in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio fell 54.53% year-over-year to 5.62 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 8.83 (down 16.83% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.27, down 74.94% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio slipped to 5.62 in Q2 2026, from 6.5 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Coverage Ratio ranged from a high of 12.71 in Q3 2025 to a low of 2.78 in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 6.96 and a median of 7.33 in 2022 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Interest Coverage Ratio plunged 61.47% — and 2024, when it surged 480.57%.
  • Tracing UNF's Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years: stood at 7.49 in 2022, then soared by 37.46% to 10.29 in 2023, then advanced by 3.74% to 10.67 in 2024, then retreated by 1.29% to 10.54 in 2025, then plunged by 46.69% to 5.62 in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 5.62 (Q2 2026), 6.5 (Q1 2026), and 10.54 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.84 Bn 81.56 Bn 1.48 Bn 26.05
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 1.21
5 Rb Global 16.15 Bn 15.62 Bn 935.50 Mn 5.30
6 Aramark 15.72 Bn 15.22 Bn 430.34 Mn -
7 UL Solutions 15.16 Bn 14.72 Bn 417.00 Mn 30.00
8 Rentokil Initial 11.92 Bn 9.40 Bn - -
9 Dolby Laboratories 6.14 Bn 5.47 Bn 264.68 Mn -
10 Unifirst 5.24 Bn 5.07 Bn 234.73 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 30, 2026 5.62
Feb 28, 2026 6.50
Nov 29, 2025 10.54
Aug 30, 2025 12.71
May 31, 2025 12.35
Mar 1, 2025 8.44
Nov 30, 2024 10.67
Aug 31, 2024 10.60
May 25, 2024 9.50
Feb 24, 2024 5.08
Nov 25, 2023 10.29
Aug 26, 2023 -2.78
May 27, 2023 2.76
Feb 25, 2023 5.05
Nov 26, 2022 7.49
Aug 27, 2022 -2.49
May 28, 2022 7.17
Feb 26, 2022 5.80
Nov 27, 2021 8.14
Aug 28, 2021 -3.10