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Profile - UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
68 Jonspin Road
Wilmington, MA 01887
Phone: (978) 658-8888
Fax: (978) 657-5663
Email: ufirst@unifirst.com
Employees (last reported count): 7,500
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Apparel/Accessories
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 74%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 5,000  shares
·Institutional: 29% (111% of float)
(84 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 204.0K shares (+3.53%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
UniFirst Corporation is a provider of workplace uniforms and protective clothing. The Company rents, manufactures and sells a wide range of uniforms and protective clothing, including shirts, pants, jackets, coveralls, jumpsuits, lab coats, smocks and aprons, and also rents industrial wiping products, floormats and other non-garment items, to a variety of manufacturers, retailers and service companies. The Company serves businesses of all sizes in numerous industry categories. Typical customers include automobile service centers and dealers, delivery services, food and general merchandise retailers, food processors and service operations, light manufacturers, maintenance facilities, restaurants, service companies, soft and durable goods wholesalers, transportation companies, and others who require employee clothing for image, identification, protection or utility purposes.
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Financial Summary
UniFirst Corp. is a provider of workplace uniforms and protective clothing. UNF rents, manufactures, and sells a wide range of uniforms and protective clothing, including shirts, pants, jackets, coveralls, jumpsuits, lab coats, smocks and aprons. For the 39 weeks ended 5/26/01, revenues rose 5% to $418.2 million. Earnings rose 17% to $17.5 million. Results reflect growth in the conventional uniform rental business. Earnings reflect higher margins and lower merchandise costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Aldo Croatti, 82
Chairman
$232K
Ronald Croatti, 57
Vice Chairman, Pres and CEO
378K
John Bartlett, 59
CFO, Sr. VP
260K
Robert Croatti, 64
Exec. VP
294K
Bruce Boynton, 52
VP of Operations
215K
Dollar amounts are as of 26-Aug-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:UNFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-Oct-2000
$8.875
Recent Price$16.65 
52-Week High
on 25-May-2001
$19.70 
Beta0.39 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)18.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)6,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+63.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+119.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$320.0M
Shares Outstanding19.2M
Float5.00M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.15 
Dividend Yield0.90%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 20-Jan-1994
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$14.64 
Earnings (ttm)$1.15 
Earnings (mrq)$0.33 
Sales (ttm)$28.25 
Cash (mrq*)$0.43 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.14 
Price/Earnings (ttm)14.45 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.59 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$550.4M
EBITDA (ttm*)$83.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$22.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)8.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsAug 26
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
26-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)8.18%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.74 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.41 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.30M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short30.0K
Percent of Float0.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
67.0K
Short Ratio2.50 
Daily Volume12.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 26-May-2001)

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