secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     UNIFIRST CORP (UNF)
CIK:        0000717954
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-000538
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

UniFirst Q1 FY2024 revenue rises 9.5% to $593.5M; EPS $2.26 vs $1.81
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- Operating income up 22.4% to $53.1M; EBITDA up 23.7% to $86.2M.
- Core Laundry organic growth 5.2%; operating margin improved to 8.0% from 7.1%.
- Specialty Garments revenue $44.7M (+1.3%); operating margin 27.1% vs 23.1%.
- FY2024 guidance: revenue $2.415-2.435B, EPS $6.52-7.16; expects lower half of range.
- No long-term debt; $99.7M remaining under new $100M share repurchase program.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717954/000095017024000538/0000950170-24-000538-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717954/000095017024000538/unf-20240103.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-000538

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