UniFirst Ownership | Who Owns UniFirst?

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UniFirst Ownership Summary

UniFirst is owned by 56.76% institutional investors, 0.72% insiders, and 42.52% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.69% of UNF shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 4.89% of its assets in UniFirst shares.

UNF Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	UniFirst	56.76%	0.72%	42.52%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	47.44%	12.63%	39.93%
Industry	Business Services Stocks	42.94%	12.43%	44.63%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	2.28M	12.69%	$390.25M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.14M	12.25%	$537.64M
Vanguard group	1.60M	9.15%	$307.79M
London co of virginia	775.26K	4.45%	$195.05M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	744.49K	4.27%	$187.31M
State street	567.88K	3.26%	$142.87M
Millennium management	529.61K	3.04%	$133.24M
River road asset management	499.86K	2.87%	$125.76M
Kayne anderson rudnick investment management	380.05K	2.18%	$95.62M
First trust advisors lp	378.83K	2.17%	$95.31M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Alpine associates management	217.05K	3.22%	$54.61M
Cibra capital	26.40K	3.21%	$6.64M
Sirios capital management l p	98.54K	3.01%	$24.79M
Westchester capital management	258.47K	2.95%	$65.03M
Birnam oak advisors, lp	51.13K	2.92%	$12.86M
Slotnik capital	34.50K	2.54%	$8.68M
Engine capital management, lp	74.04K	2.25%	$18.63M
Tweedy, browne	101.67K	2.03%	$25.58M
Melqart asset management (uk)	73.81K	1.83%	$18.57M
Pullen investment management	14.02K	1.77%	$3.53M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Millennium management	529.61K	0.06%	498.89K
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	331.52K	0.01%	314.36K
Balyasny asset management	335.37K	0.11%	271.51K
Westchester capital management	258.47K	2.95%	258.47K
Alpine associates management	217.05K	3.22%	217.05K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Engine capital management, lp	74.04K	2.25%	-385.83K
River road asset management	499.86K	1.43%	-365.15K
Tpg gp a	-	-	-335.11K
Madison avenue partners, lp	-	-	-303.84K
Fuller & thaler asset management	-	-	-242.54K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Westchester capital management	258.47K	2.95%	258.47K	$65.03M
Alpine associates management	217.05K	3.22%	217.05K	$54.61M
Norges bank	181.97K	0.00%	181.97K	$31.13M
Magnetar financial	171.87K	0.44%	171.87K	$43.24M
Tig advisors	117.85K	1.37%	117.85K	$29.65M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Tfc financial management	-1.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-1.00
Greenline partners	-1.00
Larson financial group	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	234	-23.28%	9,897,433	-30.35%	56	0.89%	99	-33.11%	109	-5.22%
Sep 30, 2025	293	-3.93%	14,192,032	-2.12%	79	1.20%	139	-12.58%	114	4.59%
Jun 30, 2025	303	-1.30%	14,475,288	1.29%	81	1.37%	159	1.27%	107	8.08%
Mar 31, 2025	303	9.78%	14,577,968	-0.06%	78	1.27%	155	-	97	19.75%
Dec 31, 2024	257	-4.10%	12,920,352	-9.66%	69	1.09%	143	7.52%	76	-19.15%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	884.92K	4.89%	192.00
Touchstone Mid Cap Y	520.75K	2.88%	-56.59K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	479.52K	2.58%	590.00
Victory Small Cap Value CIT (Net 75)	480.00K	2.58%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	462.56K	2.56%	6.25K
First Trust SMID Cp Rising Div Achv ETF	354.99K	1.96%	476.00
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	343.95K	1.90%	2.91K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	335.48K	1.86%	5.26K
Victory Sycamore Small Company Opp R	315.00K	1.70%	47.00K
FullerThaler Behavioral Small-Cap Equity	231.39K	1.28%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 17, 2026	Katz David Martin	Executive VP, Sales/Marketing	Sell	$347.76K
Feb 09, 2026	Ross William Masters	Executive Vice President	Sell	$227.16K
Nov 03, 2025	Katz David Martin	Executive VP, Sales/Marketing	Sell	$156.50
Nov 03, 2025	Katz David Martin	Executive VP, Sales/Marketing	Sell	$1.24K
Feb 18, 2025	Katz David Martin	Executive VP, Sales/Marketing	Sell	$274.02K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	2
2025 Q4	-	2
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q1	-	4
2024 Q4	-	17

UNF Ownership FAQ

Who Owns UniFirst?

UniFirst shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 56.76%, followed by 0.72% insiders and 42.52% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in UniFirst's industry, Business Services Stocks, is 42.94%, which UniFirst exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of UniFirst?

UniFirst’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (2.28M shares, 12.69%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (2.14M shares, 12.25%), and Vanguard group (1.6M shares, 9.15%). Together, they hold 34.09% of UniFirst’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own UniFirst?

Yes, BlackRock owns 12.69% of UniFirst, totaling 2.28M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 390.25M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -54.378K shares, a -2.33% change.

Who is UniFirst’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Alpine associates management is UniFirst’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.22% of its assets in 217.05K UniFirst shares, valued at 54.61M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of UniFirst shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of UniFirst shares, with 4.89% of its total shares outstanding invested in 884.92K UniFirst shares.

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