The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) vs US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD)

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. and US Foods Holding Corp. are both Food Distribution companies. US Foods Holding Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $20.3B against $4.5B — 4.5× the size. US Foods Holding Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 28.3× against 45.8×. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 3.83%. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.09% vs 1.81%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.78% vs 8.34%). Across the 21 metrics below, US Foods Holding Corp. leads on 11 and The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric CHEF USFD Food Distribution median
P/E 45.76 28.32 32.99
P/S 0.98 0.51 0.21
P/B 6.62 4.78 1.70
Price to free cash flow 34.13 21.59 19.69
EV/EBITDA 19.07 14.79 11.13
EV/Sales 1.11 0.64 0.31
Earnings yield 2.19% 3.53% 2.88%
Free cash flow yield 2.93% 4.63% 3.78%

Profitability

Metric CHEF USFD Food Distribution median
Gross margin 24.46% 17.55% 16.55%
Operating margin 3.96% 3.14% 1.79%
Net margin 2.09% 1.81% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 2.86% 2.36% 1.37%
Return on equity 15.25% 16.35% 6.48%
Return on assets 4.68% 5.18% 1.55%
Return on invested capital 8.78% 8.34% 4.16%

Growth

Metric CHEF USFD Food Distribution median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.16% 3.83% 3.83%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.27% 45.54% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 30.14% 11.49% 10.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHEF USFD Food Distribution median
Debt to equity 1.12 1.22 0.97
Current ratio 2.15 1.14 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 2.81 3.11 2.90

Dividend

Metric CHEF USFD Food Distribution median
Dividend yield — — 2.55%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CHEF USFD Food Distribution median
Market cap 4.50b 20.30b 1.71b

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