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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) trades at a price to free cash flow of 22.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2023) to 535× (April 2021); the current reading is higher than 57% of that period. That is above the Food Distribution industry median of 15.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 27.5× 52.23%
FY2024 18.1× (93.15%)
FY2023 264× —
FY2022 0.0× —
FY2021 0.0× —
FY2020 24.2× (37.89%)
FY2019 38.9× 7.20%
FY2018 36.3× 25.74%
FY2017 28.9× 62.51%
FY2016 17.8× 34.52%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 24.0× (19.36%)
Jun 2026 29.7× 4.63%
Mar 2026 28.4× 3.42%
Dec 2025 27.5× 5.85%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 535×
Ten-year median 18.7×
Current reading's percentile 57

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare n/m
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare n/m
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. compare 7.4×
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 15.1×
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 15.4×
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 15.5×
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 22.2×
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 22.4×
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare 90.3×
Food Distribution industry median 15.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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