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UniFirst (UniFirst) Gross Profit : $795 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2024)


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What is UniFirst Gross Profit?

UniFirst's gross profit for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $195 Mil. UniFirst's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $795 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. UniFirst's gross profit for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $195 Mil. UniFirst's Revenue for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $591 Mil. Therefore, UniFirst's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 32.93%.

UniFirst had a gross margin of 32.93% for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of UniFirst was 39.27%. The lowest was 33.66%. And the median was 37.53%.

Warning Sign:

UniFirst Corp gross margin has been in long-term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -2%.


UniFirst Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Gross Profit can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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UniFirst Gross Profit Chart

UniFirst Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 670.18 639.23 684.94 694.37 751.75

UniFirst Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 172.80 197.25 193.88 209.73 194.52

Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Gross Profit

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UniFirst's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


UniFirst's Gross Profit Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's Gross Profit falls into.



UniFirst Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

UniFirst's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Aug. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=2233.047 - 1481.296
=752

UniFirst's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Feb. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=590.711 - 396.191
=195

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $795 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

UniFirst's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Feb. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Feb. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=195 / 590.711
=32.93 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


UniFirst  (NYSE:UNF) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

UniFirst had a gross margin of 32.93% for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 => Competition eroding margins


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UniFirst (UniFirst) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
68 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA, USA, 01887
UniFirst Corp provides workplace uniforms, protective clothing, and other workplace products and services to businesses in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The U.S. and Canadian Rental and Cleaning segment that accounts for the majority of the company engages in sales rents and sells clothing and non-garment items, and offers a cleaning service that delivers clean uniforms when it picks up dirty or contaminated ones. Manufacturing segment designs and manufactures uniforms and non-garment items. Specialty garments rental and cleaning segment provides specialty garments, non-garments, and cleaning services for nuclear and classroom applications. The First Aid segment provides safety supplies and pill packaging. The Corporate segment consists of various associated costs.
Executives
David A Difillippo officer: Senior VP of Operations
Matthew Croatti 10 percent owner C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Michael A Croatti officer: Senior VP of Operations C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
William Masters Ross officer: Senior VP of Operations C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION, 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Shane O'connor officer: Senior VP and CFO 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Steven S Sintros officer: VP of Finance and CFO 68 JONSPIN RD., WILMINGTON MA 01888
Sergio A Pupkin director C/O SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 2415 CASCADE POINTE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE NC 28208
David Martin Katz officer: VP of Sales and Marketing 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Joseph M Nowicki director C/O BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC., 505 HUNTMAR PARK DRIVE SUITE 300, HERNDON VA 20170
Cynthia Croatti director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive VP and Treasurer 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON DC 01887
Carol Croatti 10 percent owner 21 JEFFERSON DRIVE, LONDONDERRY NH 03053
The Ronald D Croatti Trust - 1993 10 percent owner C/O CAROL CROATTI, 21 JEFFERSON DRIVE, LONDONDERRY NH 03053
Kathleen M Camilli director
Michael Iandoli director 68 JONSPIN RD, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Phillip L Cohen director 68 JONSPIN ROAD, WILMINGTON MA 01887