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

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) EV/Sales

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As of 2 November 2026, The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (March 2020) to 1.5× (April 2021); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Food Distribution industry median of 0.3× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 0.7× 12.93%
FY2024 0.6× 25.27%
FY2023 0.5× (22.55%)
FY2022 0.7× (22.56%)
FY2021 0.9× (10.87%)
FY2020 1.0× 12.41%
FY2019 0.9× 7.91%
FY2018 0.8× 25.25%
FY2017 0.6× 7.85%
FY2016 0.6× (11.19%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 1.1× 10.69%
Jun 2026 1.0× 43.10%
Mar 2026 0.7× (5.96%)
Dec 2025 0.7× 1.45%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.2× High 1.5×
Ten-year median 0.7×
Current reading's percentile 90

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. compare 0.1×
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare 0.2×
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare 0.3×
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 0.3×
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 0.6×
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 0.7×
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare 1.0×
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 1.0×
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 1.4×
Food Distribution industry median 0.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.0×
Market median 2.2×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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