The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
General ticker "CHEF" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Food Distribution
- Capitalization: $2.7B (TTM average)
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 52.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.3%: low 109.62$, high 114.90$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 5156 (+2.5%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 90.6% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-26
- Top business risk factors: Low profit margins, Food cost volatility, Supply chain disruptions, Customer loss, Economic downturns and volatility
- Current price 51.4% above estimated high
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-26 to 2027-12-26
- 2025-12-26 to 2026-12-26 estimated range: [52.06$, 75.02$]
- 2026-12-26 to 2027-12-26 estimated range: [54.31$, 78.46$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CHEF estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 32.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 0.56 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.50
- Positive: 4.90 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 5.22
- Positive: 5.56 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.05
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.83 <= 1.34
- Positive: -2.60 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.89
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.14 <= 0
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.68 <= 2.54
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Long-term CHEF plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2024-12-27 | 2025-12-26 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $3,793.12MM | $4,140.34MM |
| Operating Expenses | $3,664.92MM | $3,995.24MM |
| Operating Income | $128.21MM | $145.11MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-48.67MM | $-41.56MM |
| Interest Expense | $48.67MM | $41.56MM |
| Income(Loss) | $79.53MM | $103.54MM |
| Taxes | $24.05MM | $31.18MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $55.48MM | $72.36MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $537.65MM | $604.31MM |
| Inventory | $316.01MM | $385.72MM |
| Assets | $1,858.69MM | $2,028.01MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $153.06MM | $129.22MM |
| Capital expenditure | $49.51MM | $41.43MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-49.82MM | $-46.76MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-38.48MM | $-76.22MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.46 | $1.87 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.