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How UniFirst Corporation stacks up
UNF · against 481 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
43/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #334 of 482 · scores higher than 30% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score57 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 · 462 reported | 5.6% | 9.2% | 27% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 487 reported | 5.8% | 9.5% | 28% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 457 reported | 4.1% | 4.0% | 51% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 456 reported | 5.3% | 10.7% | 22% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 491 reported | 36.7% | 28.6% | 71% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UNFScores 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