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/FCF

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As of 5 November 2026, The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) trades at a EV/FCF of 25.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −125× (December 2022) to 630× (April 2021); the current reading is higher than 48% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2025 34.6× 45.69%
FY2024 23.8× (94.37%)
FY2023 422× —
FY2022 −77.0× —
FY2021 −25.7× —
FY2020 30.0× (36.64%)
FY2019 47.4× 3.98%
FY2018 45.6× 5.43%
FY2017 43.3× 40.10%
FY2016 30.9× 42.90%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Sep 2026 27.1× (21.30%)
Jun 2026 34.4× (4.80%)
Mar 2026 36.2× 4.41%
Dec 2025 34.6× 2.83%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −125× High 630×
Ten-year median 26.3×
Current reading's percentile 29

EV/FCF against peers

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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