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UniFirst (UniFirst) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.70 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is UniFirst Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), UniFirst's current share price is $164.24. UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $96.70. UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.70.

The historical rank and industry rank for UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

UNF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.63   Med: 2.8   Max: 3.61
Current: 1.7

During the past years, UniFirst's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.61. The lowest was 1.63. And the median was 2.80.

UNF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
54.02% of 646 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.53 vs UNF: 1.70

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

UniFirst's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $109.744. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $96.70 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2024.

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UniFirst Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

UniFirst Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.18 2.86 3.01 2.06 1.86

UniFirst Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 2.16 1.84 1.86 1.80 1.74

Competitive Comparison of UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



UniFirst Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

UniFirst's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=164.24/96.7
=1.70

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, UniFirst's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Feb. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2024)
=109.744/129.4194*129.4194
=109.744

Current CPI (Feb. 2024) = 129.4194.

UniFirst Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201405 55.229 100.373 71.212
201408 56.580 100.352 72.968
201411 58.070 99.635 75.429
201502 58.875 99.032 76.941
201505 60.533 100.333 78.082
201508 61.798 100.548 79.543
201511 63.468 100.135 82.029
201602 64.530 100.040 83.481
201605 65.657 101.355 83.837
201608 67.348 101.617 85.775
201611 68.532 101.829 87.100
201702 69.816 102.779 87.913
201705 71.415 103.256 89.511
201708 71.696 103.587 89.575
201711 73.238 104.072 91.075
201802 76.050 105.052 93.690
201805 74.695 106.148 91.071
201808 76.535 106.383 93.108
201811 80.422 106.338 97.879
201902 82.721 106.649 100.383
201905 84.644 108.048 101.386
201908 86.491 108.245 103.410
201911 88.485 108.519 105.527
202002 89.851 109.139 106.547
202005 90.422 108.175 108.180
202008 92.152 109.662 108.754
202011 94.011 109.793 110.816
202102 95.432 110.968 111.300
202105 97.704 113.576 111.333
202108 99.210 115.421 111.243
202111 100.459 117.269 110.868
202202 100.821 119.703 109.005
202205 101.562 123.323 106.583
202208 102.641 124.958 106.306
202211 103.930 125.607 107.084
202302 104.585 126.928 106.638
202305 105.747 128.314 106.658
202308 107.195 129.538 107.097
202311 108.996 129.548 108.888
202402 109.744 129.419 109.744

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


UniFirst  (NYSE:UNF) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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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