Unifirst UNF
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Unifirst (UNF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Unifirst (UNF) reported Operating Expenses of $611.37 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 30, 2026), up 8.7% from $562.6 million a year earlier and up 2.5% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Unifirst (UNF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Over the twelve months ended May 30, 2026, Unifirst's Operating Expenses came in at $2.35 billion, up 3.5% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 30, 2025), it came in at $2.25 billion, up 0.2% from FY2024.

  • Operating Expenses has increased for four consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • By fiscal year, Operating Expenses came in at $2.24 billion in FY2024 (+6.9%), $2.1 billion in FY2023 (+12.5%), $1.87 billion in FY2022 (+14.5%) and $1.63 billion in FY2021 (-0.1%).
  • The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to fiscal Q1 2010.
  • Year over year, Operating Expenses has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 3.5% over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Operating Expenses in five years was fiscal Q3 2022 (growth of 16.5%); the low point was fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 3.6%).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $596.49 million (Q2 2026), $576.01 million (Q1 2026) and $564.87 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Accenture 146.43 Bn 105.71 Bn 6.13 Bn 15.54 Bn
2 Cintas 86.79 Bn 85.87 Bn 1.55 Bn 841.66 Mn
3 Iron Mountain 33.63 Bn 32.82 Bn 1.07 Bn 1.66 Bn
4 APi 17.31 Bn 14.35 Bn 703.00 Mn 528.00 Mn
5 Rollins 16.03 Bn 15.57 Bn 569.95 Mn 877.22 Mn
6 UL Solutions 14.80 Bn 13.55 Bn 417.00 Mn 267.00 Mn
7 Aramark 14.78 Bn 12.73 Bn 430.34 Mn 4.84 Bn
8 Gartner 14.60 Bn 8.29 Bn 1.19 Bn 1.30 Bn
9 Rentokil Initial 10.70 Bn 4.21 Bn - -
10 Unifirst 4.82 Bn 4.15 Bn 234.73 Mn 611.37 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 30, 2026 611.37 Mn
Feb 28, 2026 596.49 Mn
Nov 29, 2025 576.01 Mn
Aug 30, 2025 564.87 Mn
May 31, 2025 562.60 Mn
Mar 1, 2025 571.01 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 549.38 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 585.82 Mn
May 25, 2024 554.88 Mn
Feb 24, 2024 562.77 Mn
Nov 25, 2023 540.39 Mn
Aug 26, 2023 535.81 Mn
May 27, 2023 543.27 Mn
Feb 25, 2023 521.98 Mn
Nov 26, 2022 498.38 Mn
Aug 27, 2022 483.16 Mn
May 28, 2022 477.85 Mn
Feb 26, 2022 464.08 Mn
Nov 27, 2021 441.37 Mn
Aug 28, 2021 420.35 Mn
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