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

103.58 0.23 +0.22%
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) Net margin

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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.27%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.74%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.46% (fiscal 2020) to 1.74% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Food Distribution industry median of 0.57% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 1.74% 0.28
FY2024 1.46% 0.45
FY2023 1.01% (0.05)
FY2022 1.06% 1.34
FY2021 −0.28% 7.18
FY2020 −7.46% (8.98)
FY2019 1.52% 0.11
FY2018 1.41% 0.31
FY2017 1.10% 0.85
FY2016 0.25% (1.30)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 2.61% (0.28)
Jun 2026 2.89% 1.25
Mar 2026 1.64% (0.26)
Dec 2025 1.90% 0.03
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −7.46% High 1.74%
Ten-year median 1.10%
Current reading's percentile 100

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 13.0%
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 2.27%
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 2.12%
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 1.97%
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare 1.84%
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 0.57%
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. compare 0.27%
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare 0.12%
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare −2.77%
Food Distribution industry median 0.57%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.92%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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