The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

General ticker "CHEF" information:

  • Sector: Consumer Staples
  • Industry: Food Distribution
  • Capitalization: $2.5B (TTM average)

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 48.1%.

Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.5%: low 96.64$, high 101.66$

Factors to consider:

  • Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-07-29 bmo
  • Total employees count: 5156 (+2.5%) as of 2025
  • Top business risk factors: Low profit margins, Food cost volatility, Supply chain disruptions, Customer loss, Economic downturns and volatility
  • Current price 35.8% above estimated high
  • Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 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: [49.51$, 71.49$]
  • 2026-12-26 to 2027-12-26 estimated range: [50.53$, 73.31$]

Financial Metrics affecting the CHEF estimates:

  • Negative: with PPE of 32.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
  • Positive: -5.34 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.69
  • Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.68 <= 3.34
  • Positive: -0.03 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 5.24
  • Positive: 19.19 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 29.80 <= 42.57
  • Positive: -9.70 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 1.17
  • Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.14 <= 0
  • Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.45

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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.