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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 23, 2024

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UNIFIRST CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts

001-08504

04-2103460

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

68 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, Massachusetts

01887

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (978) 658-8888

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share

UNF

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 23, 2024, UniFirst Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (“Press Release”) announcing financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2024, which ended on August 31, 2024. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information in this Item 2.02, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

 99

Press release of the Company dated October 23, 2024

 104

 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

UNIFIRST CORPORATION

Date: October 23, 2024

By:

/s/ Steven S. Sintros

Steven S. Sintros

President and Chief Executive Officer

By:

/s/ Shane O’Connor

Shane O’Connor

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

Exhibit 99

Investor Relations Contact

Shane O’Connor, Executive Vice President & CFO

UniFirst Corporation

978-658-8888

shane_oconnor@unifirst.com

 

 

 

UNIFIRST ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL FISCAL YEAR OF FISCAL 2024

Wilmington, MA – October 23, 2024 – UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) (the “Company,” “UniFirst” or “we”) today reported results for its fourth quarter and full year ended August 31, 2024, as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior fiscal year. The fourth quarter as well as the full year included an extra week compared to the prior year.

Q4 2024 Financial Highlights

Consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter increased 11.9% to $639.9 million.
The extra week accounted for revenue growth of approximately 8.0% in the quarter.
Operating income was $54.0 million, an increase of 49.8%.
The quarterly tax rate decreased to 21.8% compared to 24.3% in the prior year.
Net income increased to $44.6 million, or 61.5%.
Diluted earnings per share increased to $2.39 from $1.47 in the prior year, or 62.6%.
Adjusted EBITDA increased to $95.0 million compared to $71.7 million in the prior year, or 32.5%.
Cash flow from operating activities increased to $295.3 million in fiscal 2024, or 36.8%.

The Company’s financial results for the fourth quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023 included approximately $1.8 million and $6.1 million, respectively, of costs directly attributable to its customer relationship management (“CRM”) computer system and enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) projects. The Company refers to the CRM and ERP projects together as its “Key Initiatives” and does not exclude these amounts as part of its Adjusted EBITDA measure. The effect of these items on the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and 2023 combined to decrease:

Both operating income and Adjusted EBITDA by $1.8 million and $6.1 million, respectively.
Net income by $1.3 million and $5.0 million, respectively.
Diluted earnings per share by $0.07 and $0.27, respectively.

Fiscal 2024 Financial Highlights

Full year consolidated revenues were $2.427 billion, an increase of 8.7%.
The extra week accounted for revenue growth of approximately 2.0% compared to prior year.
Full year operating income was $183.6 million, an increase of 37.4%.
Net income for the year increased to $145.5 million, or 40.3%.
Diluted earnings per share increased to $7.77 from $5.53 in the prior year, or 40.5%.
Adjusted EBITDA increased to $333.3 million compared to $265.4 million in the prior year, or 25.6%.

The Company’s financial results for the full years of fiscal 2024 and 2023 included $11.8 million and $33.6 million, respectively, of costs directly attributable to its Key Initiatives. In addition, the Company incurred costs during the full year of fiscal 2023 related to the acquisition of Clean Uniform of approximately $3.0 million. The effect of these items on the full years of fiscal 2024 and 2023 combined to decrease:

Operating income by $11.8 million and $36.6 million, respectively.
Adjusted EBITDA by $11.8 million and $33.6 million, respectively.
Net income by $9.0 million and $28.0 million, respectively.
Diluted earnings per share by $0.48 and $1.49, respectively.

 

 


 

 

Steven Sintros, UniFirst President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “I am pleased to report that we closed the year with a strong fourth quarter. We accomplished a lot as a team in fiscal 2024 that will help strengthen our company as we move forward, growing our business as well as advancing our technology and other organizational initiatives. I want to thank our nearly 16,000 Team Partners who continue to Always Deliver for each other and our customers as we strive towards our vision of being universally recognized as the best service provider in the industry.”

Q4 2024 Segment Reporting Highlights

Core Laundry Operations

Revenues for the quarter increased 11.7% to $564.1 million.
Organic growth, which excludes the effect of acquisitions, fluctuations in the Canadian dollar and the impact of the extra week, was 3.9%.
Operating margin increased to 8.0% from 6.0%.
Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 14.9% from 12.7%.

 

The costs we incurred related to the Key Initiatives, discussed above, were recorded to the Core Laundry Operations' segment, and decreased both the Core Laundry Operations' operating and Adjusted EBITDA margins for the fourth quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023 by 0.3% and 1.2%, respectively.

 

The segment's operating and Adjusted EBITDA margin comparisons benefited from the additional week in fiscal 2024, as well as from lower merchandise, payroll and other operating input costs as a percentage of revenues.

Specialty Garments

Revenues for the quarter were $46.5 million, an increase of 12.3%. After adjusting for the impact of the extra week, organic growth was 4.4% primarily due to growth in the segment's cleanroom operations and stronger results from the U.S. nuclear operations.
Operating margin increased to 18.5% from 16.4% a year ago, primarily due to higher profitability in the segment's nuclear operations. The nuclear operations' results can vary significantly due to seasonality and the timing of reactor outages and projects.

Balance Sheet and Capital Allocation

Cash, cash equivalents and Short-term investments totaled $175.1 million as of August 31, 2024.
The Company had no long-term debt outstanding as of August 31, 2024.
The Company paid dividends to shareholders of $23.3 million in fiscal 2024, an increase of 5.6% from the prior year.
The Company repurchased 45,556 shares of Common Stock for $7.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. During fiscal 2024, the Company repurchased a total of 139,556 shares of common stock for a total of $23.8 million under the program. As of August 31, 2024, the Company had $76.2 million remaining under its existing share repurchase authorization.

 

Financial Outlook

 

Mr. Sintros continued, “For fiscal 2025, we expect our revenues to be between $2.425 billion and $2.445 billion and fully diluted earnings per share to be between $6.79 and $7.19. This guidance includes an estimated $16.0 million of costs directly attributable to our Key Initiatives that we anticipate will be expensed in fiscal 2025. Please note the following regarding our guidance:

Fiscal 2025 has one less week compared to prior year.
Net income, at the midpoint of the range, is expected to be $131.0 million.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, at the midpoint of the range, is expected to be $330.0 million.
Core Laundry Operations’ organic revenue growth, at the midpoint of the range, is expected to be 1.8%.
Core Laundry Operations’ operating and Adjusted EBITDA margins, at the midpoint of the range, are expected to be 5.9% and 13.2%, respectively.
The Key Initiatives are expected to decrease Core Laundry Operations’ operating and Adjusted EBITDA margins by 0.7% and EPS by $0.64.
The effective tax rate is assumed to be 25.0%.
Guidance does not include the impact of any future share buybacks or unexpected events affecting the economy generally.

 


 

 

 

Conference Call Information

UniFirst Corporation will hold a conference call today at 9:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its quarterly and full year financial results, business highlights and outlook. A simultaneous live webcast of the call will be available over the Internet and can be accessed at www.unifirst.com.

About UniFirst Corporation

Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) is a North American leader in the supply and servicing of uniform and workwear programs, facility service products, as well as first aid and safety supplies and services. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company also manages specialized garment programs for the cleanroom and nuclear industries. In addition to partnering with leading brands, UniFirst manufactures its own branded workwear, protective clothing, and floorcare products at its five company-owned ISO-9001-certified manufacturing facilities. With more than 270 service locations, over 300,000 customer locations, and 16,000-plus employee Team Partners, the Company outfits more than 2 million workers every day. For more information, contact UniFirst at 888.296.2740 or visit UniFirst.com.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure

This public announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws that reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance, including projected revenues, operating margin and earnings per share. Forward-looking statements contained in this public announcement are subject to the safe harbor created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and may be identified by words such as “guidance,” “outlook,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “could,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “strategy,” “objective,” “assume,” “strive,” “design,” “assumption,” “vision” or the negative versions thereof, and similar expressions and by the context in which they are used. Such forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date made. Such statements are highly dependent upon a variety of risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, uncertainties caused by an economic recession or other adverse economic conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of elevated inflation or interest rates or extraordinary events or circumstances such as geopolitical conflicts like the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and disruption in the Middle East or the COVID-19 pandemic, and their impact on our customers’ businesses and workforce levels, disruptions of our business and operations, including limitations on, or closures of, our facilities, or the business and operations of our customers or suppliers in connection with extraordinary events or circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainties regarding our ability to consummate acquisitions and successfully integrate acquired businesses, and the performance of such businesses, uncertainties regarding any existing or newly-discovered expenses and liabilities related to environmental compliance and remediation, any adverse outcome of pending or future contingencies or claims, our ability to compete successfully without any significant degradation in our margin rates, seasonal and quarterly fluctuations in business levels, our ability to preserve positive labor relationships and avoid becoming the target of corporate labor unionization campaigns that could disrupt our business, the effect of currency fluctuations on our results of operations and financial condition, our dependence on third parties to supply us with raw materials, which such supply could be severely disrupted as a result of extraordinary events or circumstances such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, any loss of key management or other personnel, increased costs as a result of any changes in federal, state, international or other laws, rules and regulations or governmental interpretation of such laws, rules and regulations, uncertainties regarding, or adverse impacts from continued high price levels of natural gas, electricity, fuel and labor or increases in such costs, the negative effect on our business from sharply depressed oil and natural gas prices, the continuing increase in domestic healthcare costs, increased workers’ compensation claim costs, increased healthcare claim costs, our ability to retain and grow our customer base, demand and prices for our products and services, fluctuations in our Specialty Garments business, political or other instability, supply chain disruption or infection among our employees in Mexico and Nicaragua where our principal garment manufacturing plants are located, our ability to properly and efficiently design, construct, implement and operate a new customer relationship management computer system, interruptions or failures of our information technology systems, including as a result of cyber-attacks, additional professional and internal costs necessary for compliance with any changes in or additional Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), New York Stock Exchange and accounting or other rules, including, without limitation, recent rules adopted by the SEC regarding climate-related and cybersecurity-related disclosures, strikes and unemployment levels, our efforts to evaluate and potentially reduce internal costs, the impact of foreign trade policies and tariffs or other impositions on imported goods on our business, results of operations and financial condition, our ability to successfully implement our business strategies and processes, including our capital allocation strategies, our ability to successfully remediate the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 26, 2023 and the other factors described under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 26, 2023,

 


 

 

Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our other filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which they are made.

 


 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

Fourteen
weeks ended
August 31, 2024

 

 

Thirteen
weeks ended
August 26, 2023

 

 

Fifty-three
 weeks ended
August 31, 2024

 

 

Fifty-two
 weeks ended
August 26, 2023

 

Revenues

 

$

639,867

 

 

$

571,890

 

 

$

2,427,431

 

 

$

2,233,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues (1)

 

 

408,604

 

 

 

378,009

 

 

 

1,579,835

 

 

 

1,481,296

 

Selling and administrative expenses (1)

 

 

139,236

 

 

 

124,685

 

 

 

522,586

 

 

 

496,915

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

37,979

 

 

 

33,118

 

 

 

141,432

 

 

 

121,233

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

585,819

 

 

 

535,812

 

 

 

2,243,853

 

 

 

2,099,444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 

54,048

 

 

 

36,078

 

 

 

183,578

 

 

 

133,603

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income, net

 

 

(2,652

)

 

 

(385

)

 

 

(7,242

)

 

 

(6,738

)

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(372

)

 

 

(22

)

 

 

1,441

 

 

 

1,504

 

Total other income, net

 

 

(3,024

)

 

 

(407

)

 

 

(5,801

)

 

 

(5,234

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

57,072

 

 

 

36,485

 

 

 

189,379

 

 

 

138,837

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

12,437

 

 

 

8,854

 

 

 

43,905

 

 

 

35,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

44,635

 

 

$

27,631

 

 

$

145,474

 

 

$

103,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income per share – Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

$

2.50

 

 

$

1.53

 

 

$

8.11

 

 

$

5.77

 

Class B Common Stock

 

$

2.00

 

 

$

1.23

 

 

$

6.49

 

 

$

4.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income per share – Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

$

2.39

 

 

$

1.47

 

 

$

7.77

 

 

$

5.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income allocated to – Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

$

37,472

 

 

$

23,222

 

 

$

122,188

 

 

$

87,104

 

Class B Common Stock

 

$

7,163

 

 

$

4,409

 

 

$

23,286

 

 

$

16,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income allocated to – Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

$

44,635

 

 

$

27,631

 

 

$

145,474

 

 

$

103,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

15,018

 

 

 

15,133

 

 

 

15,073

 

 

 

15,098

 

Class B Common Stock

 

 

3,590

 

 

 

3,590

 

 

 

3,590

 

 

 

3,590

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

18,683

 

 

 

18,790

 

 

 

18,724

 

 

 

18,762

 

 

(1)
Exclusive of depreciation on the Company’s property, plant and equipment and amortization on its intangible assets.

 


 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands)

 

August 31,
2024

 

 

August 26,
2023

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

161,571

 

 

$

79,443

 

Short-term investments

 

 

13,505

 

 

 

10,157

 

Receivables, net

 

 

278,851

 

 

 

279,078

 

Inventories

 

 

156,908

 

 

 

148,334

 

Rental merchandise in service

 

 

237,969

 

 

 

248,323

 

Prepaid taxes

 

 

14,893

 

 

 

20,907

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

51,979

 

 

 

53,876

 

Total current assets

 

 

915,676

 

 

 

840,118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

801,612

 

 

 

756,540

 

Goodwill

 

 

648,850

 

 

 

647,900

 

Customer contracts and other intangible assets, net

 

 

119,999

 

 

 

145,618

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

833

 

 

 

567

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

 

 

66,682

 

 

 

62,565

 

Other assets

 

 

142,761

 

 

 

116,667

 

Total assets

 

$

2,696,413

 

 

$

2,569,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

92,509

 

 

$

92,730

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

170,240

 

 

 

156,408

 

Accrued taxes

 

 

447

 

 

 

352

 

Operating lease liabilities, current

 

 

18,241

 

 

 

17,739

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

281,437

 

 

 

267,229

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

123,401

 

 

 

121,682

 

Accrued and deferred income taxes

 

 

132,496

 

 

 

130,084

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

50,568

 

 

 

47,020

 

Total long-term liabilities

 

 

306,465

 

 

 

298,786

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

1,500

 

 

 

1,510

 

Class B Common Stock

 

 

359

 

 

 

359

 

Capital surplus

 

 

104,791

 

 

 

99,303

 

Retained earnings

 

 

2,025,505

 

 

 

1,926,549

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(23,644

)

 

 

(23,761

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

2,108,511

 

 

 

2,003,960

 

 Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

2,696,413

 

 

$

2,569,975

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Detail of Operating Results

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Fourteen
weeks ended
August 31, 2024

 

 

Thirteen
weeks ended
August 26, 2023

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except percentages)

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Total

 

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Total

 

Revenues

 

$

564,085

 

 

$

46,499

 

 

$

29,283

 

 

$

639,867

 

 

$

505,022

 

 

$

41,421

 

 

$

25,447

 

 

$

571,890

 

Revenue Growth %

 

 

11.7

%

 

 

12.3

%

 

 

15.1

%

 

 

11.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income (Loss) (1), (2)

 

$

45,368

 

 

$

8,585

 

 

$

95

 

 

$

54,048

 

 

$

30,198

 

 

$

6,805

 

 

$

(925

)

 

$

36,078

 

Operating Margin

 

 

8.0

%

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

8.4

%

 

 

6.0

%

 

 

16.4

%

 

 

-3.6

%

 

 

6.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA (1), (2)

 

$

83,913

 

 

$

10,079

 

 

$

1,035

 

 

$

95,027

 

 

$

64,003

 

 

$

8,000

 

 

$

(286

)

 

$

71,717

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

14.9

%

 

 

21.7

%

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

14.9

%

 

 

12.7

%

 

 

19.3

%

 

 

-1.1

%

 

 

12.5

%

 

(1)
The Company’s financial results for the fourth quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023 included approximately $1.8 million and $6.1 million, respectively, of costs directly attributable to its Key Initiatives. These costs were recorded to the Core Laundry Operations.
(2)
The Key Initiatives' costs decreased both Core Laundry Operations' operating and Adjusted EBITDA margins for the fourth quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023 by 0.3% and 1.2%, respectively.

 

 

 

 

Fifty-three
 weeks ended
August 31, 2024

 

 

Fifty-two
 weeks ended
August 26, 2023

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except percentages)

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Total

 

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Total

 

Revenues

 

$

2,138,948

 

 

$

182,212

 

 

$

106,271

 

 

$

2,427,431

 

 

$

1,961,189

 

 

$

177,034

 

 

$

94,824

 

 

$

2,233,047

 

Revenue Growth %

 

 

9.1

%

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

12.1

%

 

 

8.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income (Loss) (3), (4)

 

$

143,434

 

 

$

41,976

 

 

$

(1,832

)

 

$

183,578

 

 

$

98,666

 

 

$

37,488

 

 

$

(2,551

)

 

$

133,603

 

Operating Margin

 

 

6.7

%

 

 

23.0

%

 

 

-1.7

%

 

 

7.6

%

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

21.2

%

 

 

-2.7

%

 

 

6.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA (3), (4)

 

$

284,570

 

 

$

47,062

 

 

$

1,710

 

 

$

333,342

 

 

$

222,800

 

 

$

42,146

 

 

$

466

 

 

$

265,412

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

13.3

%

 

 

25.8

%

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

13.7

%

 

 

11.4

%

 

 

23.8

%

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

11.9

%

 

(3)
The Company's financial results for the full years of fiscal 2024 and 2023 included approximately $11.8 million and $33.6 million, respectively, of costs directly attributable to its Key Initiatives. In addition, the Company incurred costs related to the acquisition of Clean Uniform during the full year of fiscal 2023 of approximately $3.0 million, which are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. These costs were recorded to the Core Laundry Operations.
(4)
The Key Initiatives' costs decreased both Core Laundry Operations' operating and Adjusted EBITDA margins for the full years of fiscal 2024 and 2023 by 0.6% and 1.7%, respectively. In addition, Clean Uniform acquisition costs further decreased Core Laundry Operations' operating margin for the full year of fiscal 2023 by approximately 0.2%.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands)

 

Fifty-three
 weeks ended
August 31, 2024

 

 

Fifty-two
 weeks ended
August 26, 2023

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

145,474

 

 

$

103,674

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization (1)

 

 

141,432

 

 

 

121,233

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

9,773

 

 

 

9,063

 

Accretion on environmental contingencies

 

 

1,264

 

 

 

1,036

 

Accretion on asset retirement obligations

 

 

976

 

 

 

923

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

5,231

 

 

 

22,143

 

Other

 

 

1,027

 

 

 

1,020

 

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables, less reserves

 

 

511

 

 

 

(21,714

)

Inventories

 

 

(8,458

)

 

 

4,001

 

Rental merchandise in service

 

 

10,548

 

 

 

(20,847

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets and Other assets

 

 

(12,582

)

 

 

(7,057

)

Accounts payable

 

 

(4,069

)

 

 

10,111

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

(3,021

)

 

 

(12,762

)

Prepaid and accrued income taxes

 

 

7,163

 

 

 

4,938

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

295,269

 

 

 

215,762

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

 

 

(203

)

 

 

(306,193

)

Capital expenditures, including capitalization of software costs

 

 

(160,417

)

 

 

(171,991

)

Purchases of investments

 

 

(24,581

)

 

 

(117,012

)

Maturities of investments

 

 

21,679

 

 

 

107,000

 

Proceeds from sale of assets

 

 

1,286

 

 

 

549

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(162,236

)

 

 

(487,647

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of deferred financing costs

 

 

 

 

 

(851

)

Borrowings under line of credit

 

 

 

 

 

80,000

 

Repayments under line of credit

 

 

 

 

 

(80,000

)

Proceeds from exercise of share-based awards

 

 

4

 

 

 

3

 

Taxes withheld and paid related to net share settlement of equity awards

 

 

(3,239

)

 

 

(2,891

)

Repurchase of Common Stock

 

 

(23,780

)

 

 

 

Payment of cash dividends

 

 

(23,345

)

 

 

(22,100

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(50,360

)

 

 

(25,839

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

 

(545

)

 

 

768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

82,128

 

 

 

(296,956

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

79,443

 

 

 

376,399

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

161,571

 

 

$

79,443

 

 

(1)
Depreciation and amortization for the full year of fiscal 2024 and 2023 included approximately $18.8 million and $14.7 million, respectively, of non-cash amortization expense recognized on acquisition-related intangible assets.

 

 

 


 

 

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company reports its consolidated financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). To supplement the Company’s consolidated financial results in this press release, the Company also presents Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted for share-based compensation expense, acquisition costs, and other items impacting the comparability of the Company’s underlying operating performance between periods. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA for a period divided by revenue for the same period.

The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information regarding the performance of the Company and its segments to both management and investors. In addition, by excluding certain items, these non-GAAP financial measures enable management and investors to further evaluate the underlying operating performance of the Company. The Company presented EBITDA in recent periods and has presented Adjusted EBITDA in this press release because the Company believes that the further adjustments included in Adjusted EBITDA provide useful supplemental information regarding the underlying operating performance of the Company by adjusting for items that impact the comparability of the Company’s operating and financial performance.

Supplemental reconciliations of the Company’s consolidated net income on a GAAP basis to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, are presented in the following table. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which are provided below. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin should be considered in addition to, and not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The Company does not allocate its provision for income taxes to its business segments and as a result, presents it in a separate column in the following tables:

 

Fourteen
weeks ended
August 31, 2024

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except percentages)

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Other

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

564,085

 

 

$

46,499

 

 

$

29,283

 

 

$

 

 

$

639,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

48,392

 

 

$

8,585

 

 

$

95

 

 

$

(12,437

)

 

$

44,635

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,437

 

 

 

12,437

 

Interest income, net

 

 

(2,652

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,652

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

35,755

 

 

 

1,311

 

 

 

913

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,979

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

2,418

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,628

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

83,913

 

 

$

10,079

 

 

$

1,035

 

 

$

 

 

$

95,027

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

14.9

%

 

 

21.7

%

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

14.9

%

 

 

Thirteen
weeks ended
August 26, 2023

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except percentages)

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Other

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

505,022

 

 

$

41,421

 

 

$

25,447

 

 

$

 

 

$

571,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

30,605

 

 

$

6,805

 

 

$

(925

)

 

$

(8,854

)

 

$

27,631

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,854

 

 

 

8,854

 

Interest income, net

 

 

(385

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(385

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

31,465

 

 

 

1,035

 

 

 

618

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,118

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

2,008

 

 

 

160

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,189

 

Acquisition costs(1)

 

 

310

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

310

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

64,003

 

 

$

8,000

 

 

$

(286

)

 

$

 

 

$

71,717

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

12.7

%

 

 

19.3

%

 

 

-1.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

12.5

%

 

(1)
Represents costs incurred related to the acquisition of Clean Uniform. The Company completed the acquisition on March 13, 2023 during the third quarter of fiscal 2023.

 

 


 

 

 

Fifty-three
 weeks ended
August 31, 2024

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except percentages)

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Other

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

2,138,948

 

 

$

182,212

 

 

$

106,271

 

 

$

 

 

$

2,427,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

149,235

 

 

$

41,976

 

 

$

(1,832

)

 

$

(43,905

)

 

$

145,474

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,905

 

 

 

43,905

 

Interest income, net

 

 

(7,242

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,242

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

133,591

 

 

 

4,398

 

 

 

3,443

 

 

 

 

 

 

141,432

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

8,986

 

 

 

688

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,773

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

284,570

 

 

$

47,062

 

 

$

1,710

 

 

$

 

 

$

333,342

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

13.3

%

 

 

25.8

%

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

13.7

%

 

 

Fifty-two
 weeks ended
August 26, 2023

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

Specialty

 

 

First

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except percentages)

 

Operations

 

 

Garments

 

 

Aid

 

 

Other

 

 

Total

 

Revenue

 

$

1,961,189

 

 

$

177,034

 

 

$

94,824

 

 

$

 

 

$

2,233,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

103,900

 

 

$

37,488

 

 

$

(2,551

)

 

$

(35,163

)

 

$

103,674

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,163

 

 

 

35,163

 

Interest income, net

 

 

(6,738

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,738

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

114,277

 

 

 

4,020

 

 

 

2,936

 

 

 

 

 

 

121,233

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

8,344

 

 

 

638

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,063

 

Acquisition costs(1)

 

 

3,017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,017

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

222,800

 

 

$

42,146

 

 

$

466

 

 

$

 

 

$

265,412

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

11.4

%

 

 

23.8

%

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

11.9

%

(1)
Represents costs incurred related to the acquisition of Clean Uniform. The Company completed the acquisition on March 13, 2023 during the third quarter of fiscal 2023.

 

Supplemental reconciliations of the Company’s fiscal 2025 financial outlook for consolidated net income on a GAAP basis to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures, are presented in the following table. In addition, supplemental reconciliations of the fiscal 2025 financial outlook for segments’ net income on a GAAP basis to segments’ Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures, are also presented in the following table.

Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of the outlook for these non-GAAP measures to the outlook for their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which are provided below. The Company’s outlook contains forward-looking statements and information. Actual results may differ materially. See “Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure.”

 

 


 

 

 

 

Fifty-two weeks ended August 30, 2025 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty Garments,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core Laundry

 

 

First Aid, and

 

(In thousands, except percentages)

 

Consolidated

 

 

Operations

 

 

Other

 

Revenue

 

$

2,435,000

 

 

$

2,140,000

 

 

$

295,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

131,025

 

 

$

136,200

 

 

$

(5,175

)

Provision for income taxes

 

 

43,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,675

 

Interest income, net

 

 

(10,500

)

 

 

(10,500

)

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

151,500

 

 

 

142,600

 

 

 

8,900

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

12,300

 

 

 

11,500

 

 

 

800

 

Executive transition expense(2)

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

330,000

 

 

$

281,800

 

 

$

48,200

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

13.6

%

 

 

13.2

%

 

 

16.3

%

 

(1)
Amounts represent the midpoint of the Company’s guidance.
(2)
Primarily represent one-time costs expected to be incurred related to the hiring and on-boarding of the Company's new Chief Operating Officer, Kelly Rooney, and for the transition of Michael Croatti from his role as Executive Vice President, Operations. Details on these leadership changes can be found in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2024.

 


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