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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.9%, EPS grew 58.2%, free cash flow grew 987.2% and total debt rose 2.17%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

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Market cap: $4.5B
P/E: 47.4×
Fwd P/E: 38.8×
Dividend yield: —
F-score: 8/9
Altman Z: 3.73
Beneish M: −2.57
Dividend safety: n/a

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 35.74

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	1	—	—	3	1	—	2	—	—	3	—	—

Insider Ownership 5.06%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 4,540.00

Revenue 4,391.51

Net Income 91.97

Free Cash Flow 125.77

Net Debt 589.22

Current Ratio 2.15

Debt/Equity 1.12

P/E ratio 47.44

Fwd P/E 38.80

P/S ratio 1.01

P/B ratio 6.87

Past 5Y EPS Growth —

This Y EPS Growth 33.59%

Next Y EPS Growth 20.50%

Next Y revenue growth 10.47%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 21.43%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 72.02%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 97.38%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 99.82%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 96.75%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 59.29%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —

Annual Dividend Rate —

Annual Dividend Yield —

	total	individual payouts
2026	Powerpack
2025	Powerpack
2024	Powerpack
2023	Powerpack
2022	Powerpack
2021	Powerpack
2020	Powerpack
2019	Powerpack
2017	Powerpack

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	50	115	121	135
Receivables	334	366	392	396
Inventory	285	316	386	380
Other	—	—	—	—
	731	868	970	976

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	201	267	276	246
ST’ Debt	53	18	28	31
Other	—	—	—	—
	386	425	473	454

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	14.77%	30.14%	16.66%
Cash Flow	13.10%	24.68%	77.43%
Earnings	16.14%	0.00%	37.64%
Book Value	12.39%	11.89%	14.60%

Revenue $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	1,059	1,169	—	—	—
’25	951	1,035	1,021	1,143	4,150
’24	874	955	931	1,034	3,794
’23	720	882	882	950	3,434
’22	512	648	662	791	2,613
’21	280	423	484	558	1,746
’20	375	200	254	282	1,112

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	38	58	—	—	—
’25	50	15	(9)	74	129
’24	31	29	20	73	153
’23	(2)	13	9	42	62
’22	10	9	12	(9)	23
’21	(12)	(12)	(2)	6	(20)
’20	22	26	6	(11)	43

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	31	49	—	—	—
’25	37	5	(20)	66	88
’24	14	13	12	65	104
’23	(11)	(1)	(3)	19	4
’22	(4)	0	4	(23)	(23)
’21	(15)	(19)	(11)	(14)	(59)
’20	19	24	5	(13)	36

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	0.40	0.76	—	—	—
’25	0.25	0.46	0.44	0.50	1.68
’24	0.05	0.37	0.34	0.55	1.32
’23	0.04	0.25	0.19	0.38	0.88
’22	0.04	0.42	0.21	0.03	0.73
’21	(0.49)	0.03	0.09	0.22	(0.13)
’20	(0.48)	(0.57)	(0.31)	(1.02)	(2.46)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	10.31	11.85	18.65	29.56	3.55	23.84	26.28	17.29	27.64	45.00	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	20.79	21.90	39.26	42.06	40.33	37.85	42.16	39.49	49.79	68.94
People
People	Employees	1,948	1,994	2,316	2,447	2,221	2,712	4,124	4,873	5,029	5,156
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.61	0.65	0.62	0.65	0.50	0.64	0.63	0.70	0.75	0.80
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	1,193	1,302	1,445	1,592	1,112	1,746	2,613	3,434	3,794	4,150
	Gross margin, %	25.25	25.31	24.15	24.28	22.32	22.37	23.67	23.72	24.09	24.20
	EBT	6	18	28	32	(124)	(7)	42	55	80	104
	EBT margin, %	0.48	1.41	1.93	2.04	(11.12)	(0.39)	1.60	1.62	2.10	2.50
	Net income	3	14	20	24	(83)	(5)	28	35	55	72
	Depreciation	20	23	25	28	37	35	38	56	65	78
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	46.02	49.83	50.33	53.90	32.97	47.51	70.45	91.24	100.07	107.17
	Earnings	0.12	0.55	0.71	0.82	(2.46)	(0.13)	0.75	0.92	1.46	1.87
	Cash flow	1.50	1.21	1.57	1.52	1.27	(0.54)	0.62	1.64	4.04	3.34
	Capex	(0.62)	(0.47)	(0.69)	(0.54)	(0.21)	(1.06)	(1.24)	(1.53)	(1.31)	(1.07)
	Free cash flow	0.88	0.73	0.88	0.98	1.06	(1.60)	(0.61)	0.11	2.73	2.27
	Book value	7.48	9.52	10.75	11.38	10.22	9.53	10.82	12.08	14.18	15.61
	Shares, m	26	26	29	30	34	37	37	38	38	39
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	142.27	38.55	45.69	46.48	0.00	0.00	44.60	32.43	33.78	32.63
	P/S	0.34	0.43	0.64	0.71	0.78	0.70	0.47	0.32	0.49	0.58
	P/B	2.09	2.23	2.97	3.35	2.51	3.49	3.09	2.44	3.48	3.99
	EV/Sales	0.59	0.64	0.80	0.86	0.97	0.86	0.67	0.52	0.65	0.73
	EV/FCF	30.88	43.26	45.61	47.43	30.05	(25.69)	(76.95)	422.29	23.78	34.64
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	39	31	45	45	43	(20)	23	62	153	129
	Capex	(16)	(12)	(20)	(16)	(7)	(39)	(46)	(57)	(50)	(41)
	Free cash flow	23	19	25	29	36	(59)	(23)	4	104	88
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	157	189	203	303	288	273	437	345	443	496
	Total debt	333	318	278	387	404	399	666	718	707	749
	Net debt	300	276	236	247	211	284	507	668	592	628
	Shareholders’ equity	194	249	309	336	345	350	402	455	538	604
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	0.50	2.17	2.87	2.77	(8.34)	(0.48)	2.15	2.15	3.11	3.72
	ROIC	5.98	4.90	5.58	5.44	(11.55)	1.07	5.90	5.62	7.09	7.36
	ROE	1.58	6.50	7.32	7.51	(24.36)	(1.42)	7.38	8.08	11.18	12.67

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Company	Market cap	P/E	Fwd P/E	Revenue growth (Q)	EPS growth (Q)	FCF growth (Q)	Gross margin (Q)	EBIT margin (Q)	Compare
SYY Sysco Corporation	$38.5B	21.3×	15.8×	+4.67% (above 0%: growing)	+4.55% (above 0%: growing)	+13.54% (above 0%: growing)	18.69%	4.45%	Compare
USFD US Foods Holding Corp.	$21.0B	29.5×	21.6×	+4.46% (above 0%: growing)	+29.90% (above 0%: growing)	+36.02% (above 0%: growing)	18.22%	4.21%	Compare
PFGC Performance Food Group Company	$14.9B	41.1×	23.7×	+6.43% (above 0%: growing)	+22.35% (above 0%: growing)	+6.02% (above 0%: growing)	12.03%	1.80%	Compare
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.	$4.5B	47.4×	38.8×	+12.92% (above 0%: growing)	+58.18% (above 0%: growing)	+987.24% (above 0%: growing)	25.06%	5.02%
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc.	$2.7B	32.0×	19.2×	−0.70% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+11.82% (above 0%: growing)	13.74%	0.90%	Compare
ANDE The Andersons, Inc.	$2.3B	12.3×	13.8×	−1.22% (below 0%: shrinking)	+621.74% (above 0%: growing)	+64.62% (above 0%: growing)	7.22%	1.61%	Compare
AVO Mission Produce, Inc.	$1.0B	295×	21.0×	+25.80% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−161.50% (below 0%: shrinking)	9.93%	0.11%	Compare
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd.	$397.9M	13.1×	17.7×	+13.27% (above 0%: growing)	−21.88% (below 0%: shrinking)	+253.73% (above 0%: growing)	33.33%	15.77%	Compare
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC.	$86.8M	— (loss-making)	62.3×	+2.84% (above 0%: growing)	+150.00% (above 0%: growing)	−1,361.99% (below 0%: shrinking)	17.00%	0.87%	Compare
Median of peers	$2.5B	29.5×	20.1×	+4.56%	+26.13%	+12.68%	15.37%	1.71%

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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) key facts

Strength: The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.1 billion, up 9.36% from fiscal 2024.
Strength: Net income was $72.4 million, or $1.87 per share (basic), a net margin of 1.74%.
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) is a Food Distribution company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
As of October 9, 2026, CHEF traded at $114.32, a market capitalization of $4.5 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 47.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 72% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Return on equity was 12.7% and debt-to-equity 1.12.
Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.73 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.