chefs warehouse inc - CHEF

CHEF

Close Chg Chg %
60.30 0.09 0.15%

Closed Market

60.39

+0.09 (0.15%)

Volume: 407.71K

Last Updated:

Dec 4, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: chefs warehouse inc - CHEF

CHEF Key Data

Open

$60.21

Day Range

59.09 - 60.96

52 Week Range

45.00 - 68.94

Market Cap

$2.45B

Shares Outstanding

40.69M

Public Float

36.40M

Beta

1.30

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

34.70

EPS

$1.94

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

422.28K

 

CHEF Performance

1 Week
 
-1.52%
 
1 Month
 
-3.16%
 
3 Months
 
-5.60%
 
1 Year
 
26.50%
 
5 Years
 
130.85%
 

CHEF Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 8
Full Ratings ➔

About chefs warehouse inc - CHEF

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. engages in the distribution of specialty food products. The company was founded by Christopher Pappas and John D. Pappas in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, CT.

CHEF At a Glance

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
100 East Ridge Road
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
Phone 1-203-894-1345 Revenue 3.79B
Industry Food Distributors Net Income 55.48M
Sector Distribution Services 2024 Sales Growth 10.497%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 5,029
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CHEF Valuation

P/E Current 34.70
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 36.87
Price to Sales Ratio 0.59
Price to Book Ratio 3.644
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.62
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 16.008
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.801
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.301

CHEF Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 754,466.494
Income Per Employee 11,031.815
Receivables Turnover 9.673
Total Asset Turnover 2.019

CHEF Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.041
Quick Ratio 1.298
Cash Ratio 0.27

CHEF Profitability

Gross Margin 24.093
Operating Margin 3.293
Pretax Margin 2.096
Net Margin 1.462
Return on Assets 2.952
Return on Equity 11.182
Return on Total Capital 3.817
Return on Invested Capital 4.084

CHEF Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 170.34
Total Debt to Total Capital 63.01
Total Debt to Total Assets 46.764
Long-Term Debt to Equity 162.90
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 60.257
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Annual Financials for Chefs Warehouse Inc - CHEF

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.75B 2.61B 3.43B 3.79B
Sales Growth
+57.04% +49.70% +31.39% +10.50%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.36B 1.99B 2.62B 2.88B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
36.37M 39.98M 55.61M 64.93M
Depreciation
23.40M 26.06M 32.89M 40.56M
Amortization of Intangibles
12.97M 13.91M 22.72M 24.37M
COGS Growth
+59.65% +47.19% +31.31% +9.96%
Gross Income
390.49M 618.64M 814.47M 914.15M
Gross Income Growth
+48.61% +58.43% +31.66% +12.24%
Gross Profit Margin
+22.37% +23.67% +23.72% +24.09%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
379.25M 518.22M 704.76M 784.85M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
379.25M 518.22M 704.76M 784.85M
SGA Growth
+18.30% +36.64% +36.00% +11.36%
Other Operating Expense
(874.00K) 1.82M 2.21M 4.35M
Unusual Expense
1.30M 12.86M 6.56M (3.27M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
10.81M 85.74M 100.94M 128.21M
Non Operating Income/Expense
- - - -
-
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
17.59M 43.85M 45.47M 48.67M
Interest Expense Growth
-16.04% +149.33% +3.71% +7.04%
Gross Interest Expense
17.59M 43.85M 45.47M 48.67M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
(6.78M) 41.89M 55.47M 79.53M
Pretax Income Growth
+94.52% +718.20% +32.42% +43.38%
Pretax Margin
-0.39% +1.60% +1.62% +2.10%
Income Tax
(1.85M) 14.14M 20.88M 24.05M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
(8.00K) 4.33M 11.93M 20.10M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- 208.00K 838.00K 2.49M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(1.82M) 9.61M 8.16M 3.64M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(22.00K) (4.00K) (48.00K) (2.17M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(4.92M) 27.75M 34.59M 55.48M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
(4.92M) 27.75M 34.59M 55.48M
Net Income Growth
+94.06% +663.68% +24.65% +60.39%
Net Margin Growth
-0.28% +1.06% +1.01% +1.46%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(4.92M) 27.75M 34.59M 55.48M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
(4.92M) 27.75M 34.59M 55.48M
EPS (Basic)
-0.134 0.7481 0.9191 1.4633
EPS (Basic) Growth
+94.55% +658.28% +22.86% +59.21%
Basic Shares Outstanding
36.74M 37.09M 37.63M 37.91M
EPS (Diluted)
-0.134 0.7312 0.8762 1.3203
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+94.55% +645.67% +19.83% +50.68%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
36.74M 38.74M 45.64M 45.98M
EBITDA
48.47M 138.57M 163.11M 189.88M
EBITDA Growth
+197.39% +185.87% +17.71% +16.41%
EBITDA Margin
+2.78% +5.30% +4.75% +5.00%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 76.375
Number of Ratings 8 Current Quarters Estimate 0.634
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 1.918
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.50 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.47 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 2.205
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 8 7 8 8
Mean Estimate 0.63 0.30 1.92 2.21
High Estimates 0.70 0.41 2.20 2.74
Low Estimate 0.60 0.25 1.82 1.95
Coefficient of Variance 4.97 17.30 6.16 10.64

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 7
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for Chefs Warehouse Inc - CHEF

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 7, 2025 Christina Polychroni Chief Human Resources Officer 28,579 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $62.03 per share 1,772,755.37
Mar 7, 2025 John D. Pappas Vice Chairman and COO; Director 854,930 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $62.03 per share 53,031,307.90
Mar 7, 2025 James E. Leddy Chief Financial Officer 151,892 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $62.03 per share 9,421,860.76
Mar 7, 2025 Alexandros Aldous General Counsel 91,894 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $62.03 per share 5,700,184.82
Mar 7, 2025 Christopher Pappas President and CEO; Director 2,234,079 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $62.03 per share 138,579,920.37
Mar 7, 2025 Timothy McCauley Chief Accounting Officer 69,199 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $62.03 per share 4,292,413.97
Feb 28, 2025 Alexandros Aldous General Counsel 131,002 Disposition to the issuer of issuer equity secs pursant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 Christina Polychroni Chief Human Resources Officer 29,648 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $63.67 per share 1,887,688.16
Feb 28, 2025 James E. Leddy Chief Financial Officer 163,203 Disposition to the issuer of issuer equity secs pursant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 James E. Leddy Chief Financial Officer 164,413 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 Timothy McCauley Chief Accounting Officer 70,649 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $63.67 per share 4,498,221.83
Feb 28, 2025 Timothy McCauley Chief Accounting Officer 73,662 Disposition to the issuer of issuer equity secs pursant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 Timothy McCauley Chief Accounting Officer 74,232 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 Alexandros Aldous General Counsel 124,787 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $63.67 per share 7,945,188.29
Feb 28, 2025 Alexandros Aldous General Counsel 132,132 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 John D. Pappas Vice Chairman and COO; Director 860,156 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $63.67 per share 54,766,132.52
Feb 28, 2025 John D. Pappas Vice Chairman and COO; Director 892,567 Disposition to the issuer of issuer equity secs pursant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 John D. Pappas Vice Chairman and COO; Director 896,633 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 Christopher Pappas President and CEO; Director 2,241,723 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $63.67 per share 142,730,503.41
Feb 28, 2025 Christopher Pappas President and CEO; Director 2,294,090 Disposition to the issuer of issuer equity secs pursant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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