Unifirst (UNF) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.61
- Estimate
- $2.04
- Surprise
- +28.0%
- Score today
- 5.4/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Unifirst (UNF) beat the $2.04 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.61 — a large 28.0% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Meta, Tesla On Deck Wednesday As AI Spending, Auto Demand Face Test — benzinga, 2026-10-21
- UniFirst Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-21
- UniFirst Q4 Adj. EPS $2.61 Beats $2.04 Estimate, Sales $645.005M Beat $634.410M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-21
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates UNF Sell at 5.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +28.0% surprise compares with a +8.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-06.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $235.71
- Price target
- $239.42
- Stop
- $225.09
- Upside to target
- +1.6%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.2:1
The stock trades at 39.6× trailing but 25.4× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 26 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-10 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
UNF at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market cap
- $4.31B
- P/E (fwd)
- 25.4
- P/E (ttm)
- 39.6
- 52-week range
- $150.42–$306.67
- Off 52-week high
- 23.1%
- RSI (14)
- 26
- Volume vs avg
- 0.20×
- Score today
- 5.4/10