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) Revenue growth

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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s revenue growth over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 11.5%, up 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.36%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −30.2% (fiscal 2020) to 57.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Food Distribution industry median of 3.14% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 4.10%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2025 9.36% (1.14)
FY2024 10.5% (20.89)
FY2023 31.4% (18.31)
FY2022 49.7% (7.34)
FY2021 57.0% 87.21
FY2020 −30.2% (40.36)
FY2019 10.2% (0.80)
FY2018 11.0% 1.88
FY2017 9.11% (4.84)
FY2016 14.0% (11.77)

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.2% (1.75)
Jun 2026 12.9% 1.53
Mar 2026 11.4% 0.84
Dec 2025 10.6% 0.90
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −30.2% High 57.0%
Ten-year median 11.0%
Current reading's percentile 27

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 14.8%
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. 11.5%
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 5.88%
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 3.80%
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 3.14%
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare 2.78%
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. compare −1.99%
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare −4.32%
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare −6.18%
Food Distribution industry median 3.14%
Consumer Defensive sector median 4.10%
Market median 7.58%

What Revenue growth is

Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|

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