The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

CHEF Consumer Defensive Food Distribution

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.1 billion, up 9.36% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+11.2%
EPS
+44.0%
Free cash flow
+987.2%
Total debt
−0.61%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

103.21 1.02 −0.98%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
39.1×
Fwd P/E
41.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.73
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
142.27 38.55 45.69 46.48 0.00 0.00 44.60 32.43 33.78 32.63
Piotroski F-Score
5 8 6 5 4 4 6 7 7 8
P/S ratio
0.34 0.43 0.64 0.71 0.78 0.70 0.47 0.32 0.49 0.58
Altman Z-Score
3.14 3.32 4.02 3.26 2.03 3.03 3.00 3.07 3.51 3.73
P/FCF ratio
17.76 28.86 36.29 38.90 24.16 0.00 0.00 263.67 18.06 27.49
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.94 3.19 3.49 3.22 1.94 2.36 2.80 2.30 2.70 2.86
Beneish M-Score
(2.74) (2.49) (2.47) (2.47) (3.58) (1.75) (2.08) (2.28) (2.68) (2.57)
P/Operating CF
22.91 66.76 79.30 52.44 (78.83) 190.26 (144.06) 26.70 25.61 32.67
P/B ratio
2.09 2.23 2.97 3.35 2.51 3.49 3.09 2.44 3.48 3.99
EV/Sales
0.59 0.64 0.80 0.86 0.97 0.86 0.67 0.52 0.65 0.73
EV/EBITDA
10.44 13.02 15.60 17.41 0.00 32.94 14.10 11.36 12.75 13.62
EV/FCF
30.88 43.26 45.61 47.43 30.05 (25.69) (76.95) 422.29 23.78 34.64
Current Ratio
2.46 2.74 2.62 3.02 3.43 2.39 2.54 1.89 2.04 2.05
Net Debt/EBITDA
4.44 4.33 3.19 3.13 (3.20) 6.21 4.09 4.27 3.07 2.81
Debt/Equity
1.72 1.28 0.90 1.15 1.17 1.14 1.66 1.58 1.31 1.24
ROE
1.58% 6.50% 7.32% 7.51% (24.36%) (1.42%) 7.38% 8.08% 11.18% 12.67%
ROA
0.50% 2.17% 2.87% 2.77% (8.34%) (0.48%) 2.15% 2.15% 3.11% 3.72%
ROIC
5.98% 4.90% 5.58% 5.44% (11.55%) 1.07% 5.90% 5.62% 7.09% 7.36%
Return on Tangible Assets
1.38% 5.59% 7.07% 6.11% (20.57%) (1.21%) 4.46% 5.96% 7.72% 8.63%
Average Days of Receivables
39.18 39.87 40.87 40.14 31.65 36.07 36.34 35.50 35.24 34.51
Earnings Yield
0.70% 2.59% 2.19% 2.15% (9.26%) (0.42%) 2.24% 3.08% 2.96% 3.06%
Free Cash Flow Yield
5.63% 3.47% 2.76% 2.57% 4.14% (4.80%) (1.83%) 0.38% 5.54% 3.64%
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.88 0.73 0.88 0.98 1.06 (1.60) (0.61) 0.11 2.73 2.27
Book value per Share
7.48 9.52 10.75 11.38 10.22 9.53 10.82 12.08 14.18 15.61
Free Cash Flow
22.84 19.19 25.30 28.93 35.85 (58.70) (22.71) 4.21 103.56 87.79
EV/EBIT
14.93 20.18 23.74 27.08 0.00 139.46 20.39 17.62 19.20 20.96
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026