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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
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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) Debt to equity

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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.1×, down 0.2× from fiscal 2025 (1.2×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (fiscal 2018) to 1.7× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Food Distribution industry median of 1.0× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.2× (5.77%)
FY2024 1.3× (16.75%)
FY2023 1.6× (4.79%)
FY2022 1.7× 45.47%
FY2021 1.1× (2.79%)
FY2020 1.2× 1.86%
FY2019 1.2× 27.75%
FY2018 0.9× (29.49%)
FY2017 1.3× (25.51%)
FY2016 1.7× 17.89%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 1.1× (5.04%)
Jun 2026 1.1× (9.33%)
Mar 2026 1.2× (0.46%)
Dec 2025 1.2× (2.60%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.9× High 1.7×
Ten-year median 1.3×
Current reading's percentile 45

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 0.0×
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare 0.5×
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare 0.8×
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare 1.0×
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. compare 1.0×
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 1.1×
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 1.2×
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 1.3×
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 3.4×
Food Distribution industry median 1.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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