“The increase in operating cash flows was driven by a $20.8 million positive impact from inventories, reflecting our continued focus on managing inventory levels and optimizing supply chain processes and a $6.4 million positive impact from accounts payable, la…”10-K · Oct 29, 2025 ↗
UniFirst Corporation
UNF
Market read
UniFirst Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- UNF's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if UNF's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- UNF's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
No qualifying supportive evidence was identified.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
274.38Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
Valuation discipline
Peer-relative valuation withheld
Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for UNF. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for UNF. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind UNF
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
CTASCintas CorporationpartnerApr 7, 2026 ▾
“Merger Agreement On March 10, 2026, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Cintas, Bruin Merger Sub I, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cintas (“Merger Sub Inc.”), and Bruin Merger Sub II, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiar…”
CTASCintas CorporationcompetitorOct 29, 2025 ▾
“Our principal competitors include Cintas Corporation, Alsco and Vestis Corporation.”
Depended on by
VSTSVestis CorporationcompetitorMay 12, 2026 ▾
“Notable competitors of size include Cintas Corporation and UniFirst Corporation, as well as numerous regional and local competitors.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
UNF is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group REIT - Residential. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.