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UniFirst (UniFirst) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.55 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is UniFirst Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

UniFirst's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-33.85 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $61.06 Mil.

Hence, UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.55.


UniFirst Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

UniFirst Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.43 0.41 0.63 1.18 0.80

UniFirst Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 0.98 0.63 0.66 0.86 0.55

Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



UniFirst Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-171.991) / 215.762
=0.80

UniFirst's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-33.852) / 61.055
=0.55

* 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.


UniFirst  (NYSE:UNF) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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UniFirst (UniFirst) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
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