Unifirst (UNF) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Unifirst (UNF) posted Return on Capital Employed of 5.72% for Q2 2026, down 15.85% on a QoQ basis from 6.8% in Q1 2026, and down 190.0% year-over-year from 6.36% in Q2 2025.

Unifirst (UNF) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unifirst's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.72% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 190.0% year-over-year to 5.72% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 5.72% (down 190.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 7.54%, down 27.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 5.72% for Q2 2026 at Unifirst, down from 6.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 7.76% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 5.72% in Q2 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 6.75% and a median of 6.77% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 313 bps — and 2024, when it surged 181 bps.
  • Unifirst's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.05% in 2022, then advanced by 2 bps to 6.16% in 2023, then advanced by 24 bps to 7.63% in 2024, then retreated by 9 bps to 6.97% in 2025, then dropped by 18 bps to 5.72% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNF's Return on Capital Employed at 5.72% in Q2 2026, 6.8% in Q1 2026, and 6.97% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.31 Bn 81.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 30.25%
2 Rentokil Initial 73.75 Bn 71.25 Bn - -48.80%
3 Relx 60.28 Bn 60.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 38.09 Bn 37.23 Bn - -15.25%
5 Copart 25.18 Bn 21.85 Bn 732.88 Mn 17.98%
6 Global Payments 21.29 Bn 16.10 Bn 1.70 Bn 3.08%
7 Rb Global 20.33 Bn 20.14 Bn 927.90 Mn 7.10%
8 UL Solutions 17.42 Bn 17.18 Bn 381.00 Mn 27.02%
9 Aramark 15.00 Bn 14.59 Bn 426.39 Mn 7.90%
10 Unifirst 5.24 Bn 5.07 Bn 234.73 Mn 5.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 30, 2026 5.72%
Feb 28, 2026 6.80%
Nov 29, 2025 6.97%
Aug 30, 2025 7.44%
May 31, 2025 7.62%
Mar 1, 2025 7.76%
Nov 30, 2024 7.63%
Aug 31, 2024 7.67%
May 25, 2024 7.00%
Feb 24, 2024 6.41%
Nov 25, 2023 6.16%
Aug 26, 2023 5.86%
May 27, 2023 5.86%
Feb 25, 2023 5.90%
Nov 26, 2022 6.05%
Aug 27, 2022 6.18%
May 28, 2022 6.75%
Feb 26, 2022 7.73%
Nov 27, 2021 8.61%
Aug 28, 2021 9.31%