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How UniFirst Corporation stacks up
UNF · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
43/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #281 of 469 · scores higher than 39% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score29 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including UNF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 43?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Its metrics sit close to the Industrials norm.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 5.8% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.1% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UNF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UNF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | 5.6% | 8.2% | 36% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 5.8% | 8.5% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | 4.1% | 4.4% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | 5.3% | 11.5% | 34% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 36.7% | 30.1% | 66% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UNF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 281 | 321M USD | 43 | 68 | |
| 281 | 18.9B USD | 43 | 27 | |
| 281 | 384M USD | 43 | 44 | |
| 281 | 1.7B USD | 43 | 59 | |
| 281 | 4.6B USD | 43 | 50 | |
| 287 | 441M USD | 42 | 45 | |
| 288 | 2.4B USD | 41 | 33 | |
| 288 | 868M USD | 41 | 45 | |
| 288 | 895M USD | 41 | 62 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score