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
+49.1%
Free cash flow
+282.5%
Total debt
−0.61%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

103.17 0.18 −0.17%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
38.9×
Fwd P/E
41.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.73
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
n/a

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) Current ratio

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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.2×, up 0.2× from fiscal 2025 (2.0×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.9× (fiscal 2023) to 3.4× (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Food Distribution industry median of 1.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.0× 0.39%
FY2024 2.0× 7.70%
FY2023 1.9× (25.42%)
FY2022 2.5× 6.50%
FY2021 2.4× (30.55%)
FY2020 3.4× 13.81%
FY2019 3.0× 15.26%
FY2018 2.6× (4.49%)
FY2017 2.7× 11.30%
FY2016 2.5× 11.18%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.2× 2.97%
Jun 2026 2.1× (1.31%)
Mar 2026 2.2× 6.24%
Dec 2025 2.0× (4.35%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.9× High 3.4×
Ten-year median 2.5×
Current reading's percentile 27

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 9.7×
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 2.2×
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare 1.9×
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 1.6×
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 1.5×
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare 1.4×
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. compare 1.3×
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare 1.1×
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 1.1×
Food Distribution industry median 1.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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