UNF Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 4.06% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 13.08%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.15% beat Carlisle Companies's return on equity of 47.63%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $181.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.29%. On the other hand Carlisle Companies has an analysts' consensus of $436.67 which suggests that it could grow by 8.26%. Given that Carlisle Companies has higher upside potential than UniFirst, analysts believe Carlisle Companies is more attractive than UniFirst.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.873, which suggesting that the stock is 12.734% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Carlisle Companies has a beta of 1.068, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 6.756%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.72%. Carlisle Companies offers a yield of 0.99% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share. UniFirst pays 16.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Carlisle Companies pays out 13.14% 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 $602.2M, which are smaller than Carlisle Companies quarterly revenues of $1.1B. UniFirst's net income of $24.5M is lower than Carlisle Companies's net income of $143.3M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.36x while Carlisle Companies's PE ratio is 15.02x. 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 1.43x versus 3.72x for Carlisle Companies. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Cintas has a net margin of 4.06% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 17.76%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.15% beat Cintas's return on equity of 41.44%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $181.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.29%. On the other hand Cintas has an analysts' consensus of $209.54 which suggests that it could fall by -5.98%. Given that Cintas has more downside risk than UniFirst, analysts believe UniFirst is more attractive than Cintas.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.873, which suggesting that the stock is 12.734% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Cintas has a beta of 1.093, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 9.26%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.72%. Cintas offers a yield of 0.7% 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 $602.2M, which are smaller than Cintas quarterly revenues of $2.6B. UniFirst's net income of $24.5M is lower than Cintas's net income of $463.5M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.36x while Cintas's PE ratio is 51.62x. 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 1.43x versus 9.04x for Cintas. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Energy Recovery has a net margin of 4.06% compared to UniFirst's net margin of -122.51%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.15% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity of 9.95%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $181.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.29%. On the other hand Energy Recovery has an analysts' consensus of $14.50 which suggests that it could grow by 12.32%. Given that Energy Recovery has higher upside potential than UniFirst, analysts believe Energy Recovery is more attractive than UniFirst.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.873, which suggesting that the stock is 12.734% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.091, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 9.052%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.72%. Energy Recovery 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. Energy Recovery 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 $602.2M, which are larger than Energy Recovery quarterly revenues of $8.1M. UniFirst's net income of $24.5M is higher than Energy Recovery's net income of -$9.9M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.36x while Energy Recovery's PE ratio is 34.89x. 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 1.43x versus 5.26x for Energy Recovery. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Federal Signal has a net margin of 4.06% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 9.98%. UniFirst's return on equity of 7.15% beat Federal Signal's return on equity of 18.57%.

UniFirst has a consensus price target of $181.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.29%. On the other hand Federal Signal has an analysts' consensus of $104.43 which suggests that it could grow by 9.59%. Given that Federal Signal has higher upside potential than UniFirst, analysts believe Federal Signal is more attractive than UniFirst.

UniFirst has a beta of 0.873, which suggesting that the stock is 12.734% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Federal Signal has a beta of 1.234, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 23.443%.

UniFirst has a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.72%. Federal Signal offers a yield of 0.55% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share. UniFirst pays 16.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 13.55% 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 $602.2M, which are larger than Federal Signal quarterly revenues of $463.8M. UniFirst's net income of $24.5M is lower than Federal Signal's net income of $46.3M. Notably, UniFirst's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.36x while Federal Signal's PE ratio is 27.94x. 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 1.43x versus 3.10x for Federal Signal. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.