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

103.87 2.97 −2.78%
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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 17.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2021) to 41.2× (September 2020); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. That is above the Food Distribution industry median of 10.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.5×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 13.6× 6.86%
FY2024 12.7× 12.19%
FY2023 11.4× (19.41%)
FY2022 14.1× (57.20%)
FY2021 32.9× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 17.4× 11.57%
FY2018 15.6× 19.85%
FY2017 13.0× 24.70%
FY2016 10.4× (14.57%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 18.2× 7.71%
Jun 2026 16.9× 35.94%
Mar 2026 12.4× (8.63%)
Dec 2025 13.6× 4.05%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 41.2×
Ten-year median 13.8×
Current reading's percentile 83

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare 7.7×
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. compare 8.4×
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 9.9×
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare 10.4×
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 11.0×
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 13.5×
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 15.4×
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 17.0×
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare 20.3×
Food Distribution industry median 10.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.5×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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