Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Stock Insights
CHEF$105.22-3.77 -3.46%
$4.29B
Market Cap
44.49
P/E
41.31
Forward P/E
44
Score
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Stock Insights
CHEF price $105.22 -3.77 -3.46%
- Ticker
- CHEF
- Price
- $105.22
- Change
- -3.77 -3.46%
- Market cap ?
- $4.29B
- P/E ?
- 44.49
- Forward P/E ?
- 41.31
- Dividend yield ?
- 0.00%
- Beta ?
- 1.44
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Food Distribution
- Stocklytics score
- 44
- Value
- 25
- Quality
- 41
- Growth
- 67
Stocklytics score rationale: value 25, quality 41, growth 67.
Financials
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1192866000 | 1301520000 | 1444609000 | 1591834000 | 1111631000 | 1745757000 | 2613399000 | 3433763000 | 3794212000 | 4149537000 |
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF), operating through its various subsidiaries, focuses on supplying high-end and gourmet food products across both the United States and Canada. The company maintains an extensive catalog, featuring more than 50,000 distinct stock-keeping units. This vast selection encompasses a diverse array of specialty items, such as artisanal charcuterie, premium cheeses, unique oils and vinegars…
Fair value
CHEF fair value $77.10. Price $105.22. Price is 36% above fair value.
Above fair value, but less expensive than usual. A smaller premium than on 66% of days in the past 5 years.
Fair value is an estimate of what one share is worth if future cash flows arrive as modeled. It is not a forecast of the share price. How discounted cash flow works.
Calculated with a 10-year free-cash-flow discount. Starting free cash flow 65.19M. Growth 20.00%. When analyst earnings forecasts are available, free cash flow in those years is forecast earnings times the company's usual conversion of earnings into free cash flow, kept between 60% and 130%. Years with fewer than 3 analyst estimates are left out. Growth then fades in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10, starting from the last well-covered year's growth, or from the pace across those years when the final year slows sharply, kept between 0% and 20%. Without those forecasts, year-1 growth is analyst revenue growth for the next full fiscal year, or 5-year historical revenue growth when that forecast is missing, held for five years, then fading in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10. Terminal growth 3.00%. Discount rate 12.00% (beta 1.4). Beta is kept between 0.8 and 2.0, which on its own would make the discount rate 8.7% to 15.3%. The rate is then capped at 12%. A cap is used because a discount above 12% pushes higher-beta stocks further from the price. The discount rate stays at least 5 percentage points above terminal growth. Shares 40.80M. Net debt 1.06B. The earnings value is next-12-months earnings per share, or trailing earnings when that forecast is missing, times the median P/E of the company's industry. That median uses listed stocks worth at least $10 billion with a positive P/E of 100 or below, and the industry needs at least eight of them. Otherwise the sector median is used when that group also has at least eight, then the market median of those large companies. The multiple used is the lower of that median and 1.25 times the stock's own 10-year median P/E, then kept between 8 and 30. If the stock has no 10-year median, the peer median is kept between 8 and 30. Fair value is the average of the cash-flow value and the earnings value when both exist. Card and credit companies use the earnings value only, because changes in customer receivables distort free cash flow. Model uncertainty is high when fair value is more than 60% from the price, or when most of the cash-flow value sits after year 10.
Earnings
| Date | EPS actual | EPS estimate | Revenue | Revenue estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | 0.66 | 0.59 | 1.14B | 1.12B |
| 2026-07-29 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 1.17B | 1.12B |
| 2026-04-29 | 0.40 | 0.23 | 1.06B | 1.01B |
| 2026-02-11 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 1.14B | 1.10B |
| 2025-10-29 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 1.02B | 1.10B |
| 2025-07-30 | 0.52 | 0.45 | 1.03B | 986.74M |
| 2025-04-30 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 950.75M | 1.01B |
| 2025-02-12 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 1.03B | 1.00B |
| 2024-10-30 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 931.45M | 1.00B |
| 2024-07-31 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 954.70M | 943.70M |
| 2024-05-01 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 874.49M | 833.25M |
| 2024-02-14 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 950.47M | 909.50M |
| 2023-11-01 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 881.83M | 832.12M |
| 2023-08-02 | 0.35 | 0.50 | 881.82M | 827.62M |
| 2023-05-03 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 719.64M | 636.12M |
| 2023-02-15 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 791.34M | 736.26M |
| 2022-10-26 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 661.86M | 620.63M |
| 2022-07-27 | 0.51 | 0.32 | 648.10M | 607.61M |
| 2022-04-27 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 512.10M | 480.92M |
| 2022-02-09 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 558.25M | 508.23M |
| 2021-10-27 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 484.32M | 450.08M |
| 2021-07-28 | 0.04 | -0.35 | 422.97M | 450.08M |
| 2021-04-28 | -0.50 | -0.41 | 280.22M | 272.16M |
| 2021-02-10 | -0.52 | -0.30 | 281.67M | 288.62M |
| 2020-10-28 | -0.38 | -0.31 | 254.03M | 334.21M |
| 2020-07-29 | -0.52 | -0.44 | 200.50M | 185.07M |
| 2020-05-06 | -0.60 | -0.11 | 375.43M | 125.14M |
| 2020-02-12 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 426.51M | 415.57M |
| 2019-10-30 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 396.88M | 431.39M |
| 2019-07-31 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 411.42M | 374.02M |
| 2019-05-01 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 357.03M | 428.43M |
| 2019-02-13 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 394.06M | 394.06M |
| 2018-11-01 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 361.50M | 361.50M |
| 2018-08-01 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 370.44M | 339.57M |
| 2018-05-09 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 318.62M | 106.20M |
| 2018-02-20 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 357.10M | 341.57M |
| 2017-11-08 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 325.08M | 295.52M |
| 2017-08-09 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 331.66M | 284.28M |
| 2017-05-09 | -0.05 | -0.05 | 287.69M | 287.69M |
| 2017-02-21 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 342.90M | 304.80M |
Dividends
Yield 0.00%. Payout ratio 0.00%. Frequency —.
Safety score 37/100 · Watch. Payout ratio is 0% of earnings. Free-cash-flow coverage is not available, so this part stays neutral. No dividend history was found. There is no dividend yield.
| Ex-date | Dividend | Record | Payment | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No data yet. | ||||
Insider trades
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 6.17K | $113.19 | 698.61K |
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 8.36K | $112.16 | 938.10K |
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 9.51K | $110.93 | 1.06M |
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 3.38K | $110.16 | 372.33K |
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 4.21K | $108.78 | 458.27K |
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 3.06K | $107.65 | 329.09K |
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 300 | $106.93 | 32.08K |
| 2026-08-14 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 2.75K | $112.00 | 308.22K |
| 2026-08-14 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 50.00K | $110.47 | 5.52M |
| 2026-08-14 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 50.00K | $109.75 | 5.49M |
| 2026-05-19 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 4.50K | $79.21 | 356.43K |
| 2026-05-08 | Walton Debra | Buy | 1.65K | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Peretz Richard N. | Buy | 1.65K | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Weinstein Wendy M. | Buy | 1.65K | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Owens Lester | Buy | 1.65K | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | GOLDSTONE STEVEN F | Buy | 1.65K | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | LEWIS AYLWIN B | Buy | 1.65K | — | — |
| 2026-05-05 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 125.00K | $78.00 | 9.75M |
| 2026-05-04 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 79.95K | — | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 999 | $62.52 | 62.46K |
| 2026-03-04 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 551 | $62.52 | 34.45K |
| 2026-03-04 | Leddy James | Sell | 1.82K | $62.52 | 113.91K |
| 2026-03-04 | Pappas John | Sell | 2.74K | $62.52 | 171.43K |
| 2026-03-04 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 4.12K | $62.52 | 257.52K |
| 2026-03-04 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 1.47K | $62.52 | 91.78K |
| 2026-03-03 | Pappas Christopher | Buy | 95.91K | $20.23 | 1.94M |
| 2026-03-03 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 95.91K | $62.53 | 6.00M |
| 2026-03-03 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 95.91K | $20.23 | 1.94M |
| 2026-03-02 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 60.39K | — | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 3.32K | $65.45 | 217.10K |
| 2026-02-28 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 3.96K | $71.39 | 283.06K |
| 2026-02-28 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 406 | $71.39 | 28.98K |
| 2026-02-28 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 531 | $71.39 | 37.91K |
| 2026-02-28 | Pappas John | Sell | 2.64K | $71.39 | 188.47K |
| 2026-02-28 | Leddy James | Sell | 1.75K | $71.39 | 125.22K |
| 2026-02-28 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 1.41K | $71.39 | 100.87K |
| 2026-02-27 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 3.08K | $71.33 | 219.98K |
| 2026-02-27 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 29.50K | $71.22 | 2.10M |
| 2026-02-25 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 410 | $72.12 | 29.57K |
| 2026-02-25 | Pappas John | Sell | 1.29K | $72.12 | 93.18K |
| 2026-02-25 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 514 | $72.12 | 37.07K |
| 2026-02-25 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 1.69K | $72.12 | 121.81K |
| 2026-02-25 | Leddy James | Sell | 876 | $72.12 | 63.18K |
| 2026-02-25 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 678 | $72.12 | 48.90K |
| 2026-02-24 | McCauley Tim | Buy | 4.20K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | McCauley Tim | Buy | 3.50K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 1.93K | $72.42 | 139.41K |
| 2026-02-24 | Pappas John | Buy | 24.97K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Pappas John | Buy | 16.77K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Pappas John | Sell | 20.42K | $72.42 | 1.48M |
| 2026-02-24 | Polychroni Christina | Buy | 6.50K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Polychroni Christina | Buy | 3.44K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 1.45K | $72.42 | 104.72K |
| 2026-02-24 | Pappas Christopher | Buy | 45.43K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Pappas Christopher | Buy | 30.52K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 31.88K | $72.42 | 2.31M |
| 2026-02-24 | Leddy James | Buy | 8.91K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Leddy James | Buy | 7.43K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Leddy James | Sell | 4.54K | $72.42 | 329.00K |
| 2026-02-24 | Aldous Alexandros | Buy | 8.31K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Aldous Alexandros | Buy | 6.93K | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 3.30K | $72.42 | 239.06K |
| 2026-02-18 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 7.50K | $70.00 | 525.00K |
| 2025-12-10 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 1.70K | — | — |
| 2025-11-04 | Leddy James | Sell | 22.00K | $62.11 | 1.37M |
| 2025-07-14 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 12.50K | $65.01 | 812.63K |
| 2025-07-14 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 5.00K | $65.21 | 326.05K |
| 2025-05-09 | Weinstein Wendy M. | Buy | 2.18K | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Walton Debra | Buy | 2.18K | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Peretz Richard N. | Buy | 2.18K | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Owens Lester | Buy | 2.18K | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | LEWIS AYLWIN B | Buy | 2.18K | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | GOLDSTONE STEVEN F | Buy | 2.18K | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Brown Ivy | Buy | 2.18K | — | — |
| 2025-05-07 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 41.30K | — | — |
| 2025-05-05 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 413 | — | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Pappas John | Sell | 81.28K | $54.07 | 4.40M |
| 2025-03-10 | Pappas John | Sell | 18.72K | $54.70 | 1.02M |
| 2025-03-06 | Leddy James | Sell | 4.00K | $62.00 | 248.00K |
| 2025-03-04 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 664 | $62.03 | 41.19K |
| 2025-03-04 | Pappas John | Sell | 2.66K | $62.03 | 165.19K |
| 2025-03-04 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 4.14K | $62.03 | 256.74K |
| 2025-03-04 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 814 | $62.03 | 50.49K |
| 2025-03-04 | Leddy James | Sell | 1.77K | $62.03 | 109.54K |
| 2025-03-04 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 1.47K | $62.03 | 91.43K |
| 2025-02-28 | McCauley Tim | Sell | 636 | $62.58 | 39.80K |
| 2025-02-28 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 405 | $62.58 | 25.34K |
| 2025-02-28 | Pappas John | Sell | 2.56K | $62.58 | 160.39K |
| 2025-02-28 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 3.98K | $62.58 | 249.32K |
| 2025-02-28 | Leddy James | Sell | 1.70K | $62.58 | 106.39K |
| 2025-02-28 | Cugine Joseph M. | Sell | 4.76K | $61.79 | 293.94K |
| 2025-02-28 | Cugine Joseph M. | Sell | 15.24K | $62.39 | 951.01K |
| 2025-02-28 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 1.42K | $62.58 | 88.80K |
| 2025-02-28 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 20.62K | $60.44 | 1.25M |
| 2025-02-28 | Aldous Alexandros | Sell | 9.38K | $61.30 | 574.99K |
| 2025-02-25 | Pappas Christopher | Sell | 51.89K | $63.67 | 3.30M |
| 2025-02-25 | Polychroni Christina | Buy | 1.89K | — | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 211 | — | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Polychroni Christina | Sell | 924 | $63.67 | 58.83K |
| 2025-02-25 | Polychroni Christina | Buy | 6.75K | — | — |
Institutional holders
Latest filed quarter: Q2 2026.
Institutions holding: 295, holders +42 vs prior quarter. Ownership 104.30%.
| Holder | Shares | Change | Change % | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK, INC. | 6.04M | 252.00K | +4.35% | 580.44M |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 2.39M | -978.65K | -29.04% | 229.77M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.62M | 3.63K | +0.22% | 155.83M |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 1.56M | -325.22K | -17.27% | 148.60M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 1.51M | 96.37K | +6.83% | 144.85M |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 1.35M | -356.78K | -20.85% | 130.13M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.00M | 52.70K | +5.56% | 96.19M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 992.74K | 15.28K | +1.56% | 95.40M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 963.66K | 57.37K | +6.33% | 92.63M |
| FMR LLC | 948.05K | 96.64K | +11.35% | 91.11M |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 943.15K | -233.55K | -19.85% | 90.64M |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. | 898.63K | -389.54K | -30.24% | 86.36M |
| INVESCO LTD. | 815.55K | -219.60K | -21.21% | 78.37M |
| SELECT EQUITY GROUP, L.P. | 765.43K | 213.75K | +38.74% | 73.56M |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | 1.08M | -155.68K | -12.64% | 63.96M |
| D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. | 664.49K | 359.57K | +117.92% | 63.86M |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 652.04K | -25.60K | -3.78% | 62.66M |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | 577.05K | -35.49K | -5.79% | 55.45M |
| THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS | 531.46K | 373.20K | +235.82% | 51.07M |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | 508.91K | 30 | +0.01% | 48.91M |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 493.55K | 36.95K | +8.09% | 47.43M |
| SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 443.30K | 443.30K | New | 42.60M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 443.30K | 8.77K | +2.02% | 42.60M |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | 440.16K | 290.55K | +194.20% | 42.30M |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 421.97K | 421.97K | New | 40.55M |
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