The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
General ticker "CHEF" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Food Distribution
- Capitalization: $2.3B (TTM average)
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 24.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 63.30$, high 65.72$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-04-29 bmo
- Total employees count: 5029 (+3.2%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Supply chain disruptions, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Reputation and brand risks, Key management loss, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
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: [50.26$, 71.83$]
- 2026-12-26 to 2027-12-26 estimated range: [51.75$, 74.25$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CHEF estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 32.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: -4.72 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.69
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.28 <= -0.15
- Positive: 19.49 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 29.80 <= 42.60
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.68 <= 3.29
- Negative: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.81 > 0.80
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.45
- Positive: -4.45 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.90
- Positive: 0.25 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.00
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Financial data
| YTD | 2024-12-27 | 2025-12-26 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $3,793.12MM | $4,149.54MM |
| Operating Expenses | $3,664.92MM | $3,996.43MM |
| Operating Income | $128.21MM | $153.11MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-48.67MM | $-49.56MM |
| Interest Expense | $48.67MM | $41.56MM |
| Income(Loss) | $79.53MM | $103.54MM |
| Taxes | $24.05MM | $31.18MM |
| Profit(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.