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

Unifirst (UNF) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2016)

Unifirst's (UNF) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 2.01% in Q4 2016, up 192.0% YoY from 0.69% in Q4 2015, and up 154.74% on a QoQ basis from 0.79% in Q3 2016.

Unifirst (UNF) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2016) Analysis & Trends

Unifirst (UNF) has 7 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 2.01% in Q4 2016.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 192.0% year-over-year to 2.01% in Q4 2016, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Nov 2016 was 2.01% (up 192.0% YoY) and the FY2015 annual result came in at 0.27%, up 25.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital advanced to 2.01% in Q4 2016, from 0.79% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 2.01% in Q4 2016 to a low of 0.0% in Q3 2013.
  • A 5-year average of 0.18% and a median of 0.03% in 2012 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2013 — Return on Invested Capital fell 3 bps — and 2016, when it soared 192 bps.
  • Tracing UNF's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.01% in 2012, then plunged by 77 bps to 0.0% in 2013, then soared by 1069 bps to 0.04% in 2014, then surged by 150 bps to 0.09% in 2015, then soared by 2157 bps to 2.01% in 2016.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 2.01% (Q4 2016), 0.79% (Q3 2016), and 0.3% (Q2 2016), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Cintas 81.84 Bn 81.56 Bn 1.48 Bn 0.02%
2 Relx 65.92 Bn 65.74 Bn - -
3 Copart 31.68 Bn 28.33 Bn 732.88 Mn 5.09%
4 Global Payments 25.34 Bn 19.93 Bn 2.03 Bn 0.00%
5 Rb Global 16.15 Bn 15.62 Bn 935.50 Mn 0.01%
6 Aramark 15.72 Bn 15.22 Bn 430.34 Mn 0.05%
7 UL Solutions 15.16 Bn 14.72 Bn 417.00 Mn -
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
Nov 26, 2016 2.01%
Aug 27, 2016 0.79%
May 28, 2016 0.30%
Feb 27, 2016 0.14%
Nov 28, 2015 0.09%
Aug 29, 2015 0.06%
May 30, 2015 0.05%
Feb 28, 2015 0.04%
Nov 29, 2014 0.04%
Aug 30, 2014 0.01%
May 31, 2014 0.01%
Mar 1, 2014 0.00%
Nov 30, 2013 0.00%
Aug 31, 2013 0.00%
May 25, 2013 0.00%
Feb 23, 2013 0.01%
Nov 24, 2012 0.01%
Aug 25, 2012 0.03%
May 26, 2012 0.02%
Feb 25, 2012 0.01%