UNF Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Acuity has a net margin of 7.13% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 11.21%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.03% beat Acuity's return on equity of 18.95%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $197.33, signalling upside risk potential of 13.48%. On the other hand Acuity has an analysts' consensus of $335.63 which suggests that it could grow by 28.12%. Given that Acuity has higher upside potential than UniFirst, analysts believe Acuity is more attractive than UniFirst.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.886, which suggesting that the stock is 11.378% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Acuity has a beta of 1.408, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 40.753%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.78%. Acuity offers a yield of 0.24% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share. UniFirst pays 16.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Acuity pays out 4.31% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UniFirst quarterly revenues are $604.9M, which are smaller than Acuity quarterly revenues of $951.6M. UniFirst's net income of $43.1M is lower than Acuity's net income of $106.7M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.24x while Acuity's PE ratio is 19.29x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UniFirst is 1.33x versus 2.14x for Acuity. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Beacon Roofing Supply has a net margin of 7.13% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 3.48%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.03% beat Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity of 19.43%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $197.33, signalling upside risk potential of 13.48%. On the other hand Beacon Roofing Supply has an analysts' consensus of $124.41 which suggests that it could grow by 0.48%. Given that UniFirst has higher upside potential than Beacon Roofing Supply, analysts believe UniFirst is more attractive than Beacon Roofing Supply.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.886, which suggesting that the stock is 11.378% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.634, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 63.429%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.78%. Beacon Roofing Supply offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. UniFirst pays 16.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Beacon Roofing Supply pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. UniFirst's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UniFirst quarterly revenues are $604.9M, which are smaller than Beacon Roofing Supply quarterly revenues of $2.4B. UniFirst's net income of $43.1M is lower than Beacon Roofing Supply's net income of $83.6M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.24x while Beacon Roofing Supply's PE ratio is 21.72x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UniFirst is 1.33x versus 0.81x for Beacon Roofing Supply. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Cintas has a net margin of 7.13% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 17.76%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.03% beat Cintas's return on equity of 41.44%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $197.33, signalling upside risk potential of 13.48%. On the other hand Cintas has an analysts' consensus of $206.34 which suggests that it could grow by 1.54%. Given that UniFirst has higher upside potential than Cintas, analysts believe UniFirst is more attractive than Cintas.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.886, which suggesting that the stock is 11.378% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Cintas has a beta of 1.413, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 41.25%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.78%. Cintas offers a yield of 0.74% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share. UniFirst pays 16.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Cintas pays out 33.78% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UniFirst quarterly revenues are $604.9M, which are smaller than Cintas quarterly revenues of $2.6B. UniFirst's net income of $43.1M is lower than Cintas's net income of $463.5M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.24x while Cintas's PE ratio is 47.07x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UniFirst is 1.33x versus 8.24x for Cintas. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Greenbrier Companies has a net margin of 7.13% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 6.31%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.03% beat Greenbrier Companies's return on equity of 11.9%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $197.33, signalling upside risk potential of 13.48%. On the other hand Greenbrier Companies has an analysts' consensus of $68.50 which suggests that it could grow by 31.93%. Given that Greenbrier Companies has higher upside potential than UniFirst, analysts believe Greenbrier Companies is more attractive than UniFirst.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.886, which suggesting that the stock is 11.378% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.628, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 62.752%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.78%. Greenbrier Companies offers a yield of 2.31% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share. UniFirst pays 16.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Greenbrier Companies pays out 23.99% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UniFirst quarterly revenues are $604.9M, which are smaller than Greenbrier Companies quarterly revenues of $875.9M. UniFirst's net income of $43.1M is lower than Greenbrier Companies's net income of $55.3M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.24x while Greenbrier Companies's PE ratio is 9.08x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UniFirst is 1.33x versus 0.46x for Greenbrier Companies. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.