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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

$107.01 +$44.62 (+71.51%)

NASDAQ · 15 Sep 2026 19:00 UTC

Previous Close

$112.84

Day Range

$105.88$114.69

Year Range

$53.2$117.65

Market Cap

4.37B

AVG Volume

589.83K

Trailing/Forward PE

44.68/34.81

PEG ratio

2.13

Dividend Yield

Next Earnings Date

2026-11-04

Primary Exchange

NASDAQ

Revenue (USD)

CHEF Revenue (USD) by year
Period	Revenue (USD)
2025	4.15B
2024	3.79B
2023	3.43B
2022	2.61B
2021	1.75B
2020	1.11B
2019	1.59B
2018	1.44B
2017	1.3B
2016	1.19B

Net Income (USD)

CHEF Net Income (USD) by year
Period	Net Income (USD)
2025	72.36M
2024	55.48M
2023	34.59M
2022	27.75M
2021	-4.92M
2020	-82.9M
2019	24.19M
2018	20.4M
2017	14.37M
2016	3.02M

Operating Income (USD)

CHEF Operating Income (USD) by year
Period	Operating Income (USD)
2025	153.13M
2024	128.82M
2023	101.32M
2022	89.04M
2021	10.81M
2020	-102.66M
2019	50.77M
2018	48.76M
2017	41.13M
2016	47.24M

EBITDA (USD)

CHEF EBITDA (USD) by year
Period	EBITDA (USD)
2025	223.24M
2024	193.14M
2023	157.13M
2022	125.06M
2021	46.28M
2020	-69.38M
2019	76.68M
2018	70.8M
2017	61.67M
2016	61.31M

Cash Flows (USD)

CHEF Cash Flows (USD) by year
Period	Cash Flows (USD)
2025	87.79M
2024	103.56M
2023	4.21M
2022	-22.71M
2021	-58.7M
2020	35.84M
2019	28.93M
2018	25.27M
2017	19.19M
2016	22.29M

EPS (USD)

CHEF EPS (USD) by year
Period	EPS (USD)
2025	1.68
2024	1.31
2023	0.8
2022	0.65
2021	-0.15
2020	-2.43
2019	0.81
2018	0.7
2017	0.54
2016	0.1

Expenses (USD)

CHEF Expenses (USD) by year
Period	Expenses (USD)
2025	891.22M
2024	834.36M
2023	762.18M
2022	564.07M
2021	418.05M
2020	342.71M
2019	274.91M
2018	336.76M
2017	301.21M
2016	280.5M

Cash & Debt (USD)

CHEF Cash & Debt (USD) by year
Period	Cash & Debt (USD)
2025	120.98M
2024	114.66M
2023	49.88M
2022	158.8M
2021	115.16M
2020	193.28M
2019	140.23M
2018	42.41M
2017	41.5M
2016	32.86M

Debt ratios

CHEF Debt ratios by year
Period	Debt ratios
2025	1.51
2024	1.54
2023	3.38
2022	3.8
2021	3.44
2020	2.41
2019	1.42
2018	1.03

Margins

CHEF Margins by year
Period	Margins
2025	24.2%
2024	24.09%
2023	23.72%
2022	23.67%
2021	22.37%
2020	22.26%
2019	25.53%
2018	25.41%
2017	25.31%
2016	25.22%

Return on Capital

CHEF Return on Capital by year
Period	Return on Capital
2025	11.97%
2024	10.32%
2023	7.61%
2022	6.91%
2021	-1.41%
2020	-24.06%
2019	7.2%
2018	6.61%
2017	5.78%
2016	1.56%

Shares Outstanding

CHEF Shares Outstanding by year
Period	Shares Outstanding
2025	38.72M
2024	38.05M
2023	37.7M
2022	37.2M
2021	36.88M
2020	36.09M
2019	29.6M
2018	29.44M
2017	26.44M
2016	25.94M

Book Value Per Share (USD)

CHEF Book Value Per Share (USD) by year
Period	Book Value Per Share (USD)
2025	15.61
2024	14.13
2023	12.06
2022	10.79
2021	9.5
2020	9.55
2019	11.35
2018	10.49
2017	9.4
2016	7.47

Total Assets (USD)

CHEF Total Assets (USD) by year
Period	Total Assets (USD)
2025	2.03B
2024	1.86B
2023	1.71B
2022	1.59B
2021	1.07B
2020	974.33M
2019	1.01B
2018	732.4M
2017	687.75M
2016	633.54M

Employee Count

CHEF Employee Count by year
Period	Employee Count
2025	5.16K
2024	5.03K
2023	4.87K
2022	4.12K
2021	2.71K
2020	2.22K
2019	2.45K
2018	2.32K
2017	1.99K
2016	1.95K

PE Ratio

CHEF PE Ratio by year
Period	PE Ratio
Sep 26	47.77
Sep 26	46.76
Sep 26	48.41
Aug 26	48.68
Aug 26	46.82
Aug 26	46.18
Aug 26	46.65
Jul 26	48.83
Jul 26	46.33
Jul 26	47.42
Jul 26	46.78
Jul 26	46.7
Jun 26	46.84
Jun 26	46.59
Jun 26	44.32
Jun 26	39.43
May 26	37.38
May 26	37.34
May 26	39.24
May 26	39.9
May 26	38.5
Apr 26	35.04
Apr 26	35.22
Apr 26	34.53
Apr 26	30.82
Mar 26	31.85
Mar 26	31.06
Mar 26	34.57
Mar 26	33.66
Feb 26	38.2
Feb 26	36.21
Feb 26	35.39
Feb 26	34.47
Jan 26	32.52
Jan 26	33.04
Jan 26	33.17
Jan 26	31.54
Jan 26	32.26
Dec 25	32.85
Dec 25	33.33
Dec 25	32.3
Dec 25	30.72
Nov 25	31.71
Nov 25	30.28
Nov 25	30.48
Nov 25	32.25
Oct 25	30.51
Oct 25	32.73
Oct 25	32.51
Oct 25	31.92
Oct 25	30.99
Sep 25	32.73
Sep 25	36.3
Sep 25	36.99
Sep 25	35.76
Aug 25	35.3
Aug 25	35.82
Aug 25	34.41
Aug 25	35.15
Aug 25	37.69
Jul 25	37.72
Jul 25	39.29
Jul 25	39.53
Jul 25	38.76
Jun 25	38.51
Jun 25	37.28
Jun 25	37.26
Jun 25	38.28
May 25	38.66
May 25	37.66
May 25	39.47
May 25	37.47
May 25	36.33
Apr 25	36.42
Apr 25	36.83
Apr 25	36.53
Apr 25	34.29
Mar 25	36.67
Mar 25	36.02
Mar 25	35.98
Mar 25	38.87
Feb 25	42.92
Feb 25	50.47
Feb 25	51.99
Feb 25	43.16
Jan 25	42.89
Jan 25	42.76
Jan 25	42.16
Jan 25	38.96
Jan 25	40.31
Dec 24	38.76
Dec 24	38.49
Dec 24	38.82
Dec 24	38.01
Nov 24	35.6
Nov 24	35.62
Nov 24	32.64
Nov 24	33.71
Nov 24	31.8
Oct 24	36.61

Free Cash Flow Yield

CHEF Free Cash Flow Yield by year
Period	Free Cash Flow Yield
Sep 26	2.86%
Sep 26	2.93%
Sep 26	2.83%
Aug 26	2.81%
Aug 26	2.92%
Aug 26	2.96%
Aug 26	2.93%
Jul 26	2.8%
Jul 26	2.2%
Jul 26	2.15%
Jul 26	2.18%
Jul 26	2.19%
Jun 26	2.18%
Jun 26	2.19%
Jun 26	2.3%
Jun 26	2.59%
May 26	2.73%
May 26	2.74%
May 26	2.6%
May 26	2.56%
May 26	2.65%
Apr 26	3.46%
Apr 26	3.44%
Apr 26	3.51%
Apr 26	3.94%
Mar 26	3.81%
Mar 26	3.91%
Mar 26	3.51%
Mar 26	3.6%
Feb 26	3.18%
Feb 26	3.21%
Feb 26	3.28%
Feb 26	3.37%
Jan 26	3.57%
Jan 26	3.52%
Jan 26	3.5%
Jan 26	3.68%
Jan 26	3.6%
Dec 25	3.54%
Dec 25	3.48%
Dec 25	3.6%
Dec 25	3.78%
Nov 25	3.66%
Nov 25	3.84%
Nov 25	3.81%
Nov 25	3.6%
Oct 25	3.81%
Oct 25	5.19%
Oct 25	5.23%
Oct 25	5.32%
Oct 25	5.48%
Sep 25	5.19%
Sep 25	4.68%
Sep 25	4.59%
Sep 25	4.75%
Aug 25	4.81%
Aug 25	4.74%
Aug 25	4.94%
Aug 25	4.83%
Aug 25	4.51%
Jul 25	5.27%
Jul 25	5.06%
Jul 25	5.03%
Jul 25	5.13%
Jun 25	5.16%
Jun 25	5.33%
Jun 25	5.34%
Jun 25	5.19%
May 25	5.14%
May 25	5.28%
May 25	5.04%
May 25	5.31%
May 25	5.47%
Apr 25	5.12%
Apr 25	5.07%
Apr 25	5.11%
Apr 25	5.44%
Mar 25	5.09%
Mar 25	5.18%
Mar 25	5.19%
Mar 25	4.8%
Feb 25	4.35%
Feb 25	2.43%
Feb 25	2.35%
Feb 25	2.84%
Jan 25	2.86%
Jan 25	2.86%
Jan 25	2.9%
Jan 25	3.14%
Jan 25	3.04%
Dec 24	3.16%
Dec 24	3.18%
Dec 24	3.15%
Dec 24	3.22%
Nov 24	3.44%
Nov 24	3.44%
Nov 24	3.75%
Nov 24	3.63%
Nov 24	3.85%
Oct 24	2.93%

Price to Sales

CHEF Price to Sales by year
Period	Price to Sales
Sep 26	1
Sep 26	0.98
Sep 26	1.01
Aug 26	1.02
Aug 26	0.98
Aug 26	0.97
Aug 26	0.98
Jul 26	1.02
Jul 26	0.86
Jul 26	0.88
Jul 26	0.87
Jul 26	0.87
Jun 26	0.87
Jun 26	0.87
Jun 26	0.83
Jun 26	0.74
May 26	0.7
May 26	0.7
May 26	0.73
May 26	0.74
May 26	0.72
Apr 26	0.61
Apr 26	0.61
Apr 26	0.6
Apr 26	0.54
Mar 26	0.56
Mar 26	0.54
Mar 26	0.6
Mar 26	0.59
Feb 26	0.67
Feb 26	0.67
Feb 26	0.65
Feb 26	0.64
Jan 26	0.6
Jan 26	0.61
Jan 26	0.61
Jan 26	0.58
Jan 26	0.6
Dec 25	0.61
Dec 25	0.62
Dec 25	0.6
Dec 25	0.57
Nov 25	0.59
Nov 25	0.56
Nov 25	0.56
Nov 25	0.6
Oct 25	0.56
Oct 25	0.58
Oct 25	0.57
Oct 25	0.56
Oct 25	0.55
Sep 25	0.58
Sep 25	0.64
Sep 25	0.65
Sep 25	0.63
Aug 25	0.62
Aug 25	0.63
Aug 25	0.61
Aug 25	0.62
Aug 25	0.66
Jul 25	0.62
Jul 25	0.65
Jul 25	0.65
Jul 25	0.64
Jun 25	0.64
Jun 25	0.61
Jun 25	0.61
Jun 25	0.63
May 25	0.64
May 25	0.62
May 25	0.65
May 25	0.62
May 25	0.6
Apr 25	0.53
Apr 25	0.54
Apr 25	0.53
Apr 25	0.5
Mar 25	0.54
Mar 25	0.53
Mar 25	0.53
Mar 25	0.57
Feb 25	0.63
Feb 25	0.65
Feb 25	0.67
Feb 25	0.55
Jan 25	0.55
Jan 25	0.55
Jan 25	0.54
Jan 25	0.5
Jan 25	0.52
Dec 24	0.5
Dec 24	0.49
Dec 24	0.5
Dec 24	0.49
Nov 24	0.46
Nov 24	0.46
Nov 24	0.42
Nov 24	0.43
Nov 24	0.41
Oct 24	0.41

EV/EBITDA

CHEF EV/EBITDA by year
Period	EV/EBITDA
Sep 26	12.68
Sep 26	12.46
Sep 26	12.83
Aug 26	12.89
Aug 26	12.47
Aug 26	12.33
Aug 26	12.43
Jul 26	12.92
Jul 26	11.04
Jul 26	11.25
Jul 26	11.12
Jul 26	11.11
Jun 26	11.14
Jun 26	11.09
Jun 26	10.65
Jun 26	9.7
May 26	9.31
May 26	9.3
May 26	9.67
May 26	9.79
May 26	9.52
Apr 26	16.08
Apr 26	16.15
Apr 26	15.92
Apr 26	14.72
Mar 26	15.05
Mar 26	14.8
Mar 26	15.93
Mar 26	15.64
Feb 26	17.11
Feb 26	16.1
Feb 26	15.83
Feb 26	15.52
Jan 26	14.87
Jan 26	15.04
Jan 26	15.09
Jan 26	14.54
Jan 26	14.78
Dec 25	14.98
Dec 25	15.14
Dec 25	14.8
Dec 25	14.27
Nov 25	14.6
Nov 25	14.12
Nov 25	14.19
Nov 25	14.78
Oct 25	14.2
Oct 25	14.63
Oct 25	14.56
Oct 25	14.37
Oct 25	14.06
Sep 25	14.63
Sep 25	15.8
Sep 25	16.03
Sep 25	15.62
Aug 25	15.47
Aug 25	15.64
Aug 25	15.18
Aug 25	15.42
Aug 25	16.25
Jul 25	15.8
Jul 25	16.29
Jul 25	16.36
Jul 25	16.12
Jun 25	16.04
Jun 25	15.66
Jun 25	15.65
Jun 25	15.97
May 25	16.09
May 25	15.78
May 25	16.34
May 25	15.72
May 25	15.36
Apr 25	14.61
Apr 25	14.73
Apr 25	14.64
Apr 25	14
Mar 25	14.68
Mar 25	14.49
Mar 25	14.48
Mar 25	15.31
Feb 25	16.48
Feb 25	18.02
Feb 25	18.41
Feb 25	16.11
Jan 25	16.03
Jan 25	16
Jan 25	15.84
Jan 25	15.01
Jan 25	15.36
Dec 24	14.95
Dec 24	14.88
Dec 24	14.97
Dec 24	14.76
Nov 24	14.13
Nov 24	14.14
Nov 24	13.36
Nov 24	13.64
Nov 24	13.14
Oct 24	13.6

Price/Operating Cashflow

CHEF Price/Operating Cashflow by year
Period	Price/Operating Cashflow
Sep 26	27.15
Sep 26	26.58
Sep 26	27.52
Aug 26	27.67
Aug 26	26.61
Aug 26	26.25
Aug 26	26.51
Jul 26	27.75
Jul 26	31.21
Jul 26	31.94
Jul 26	31.52
Jul 26	31.46
Jun 26	31.56
Jun 26	31.39
Jun 26	29.86
Jun 26	26.57
May 26	25.18
May 26	25.16
May 26	26.43
May 26	26.88
May 26	25.94
Apr 26	19.62
Apr 26	19.72
Apr 26	19.34
Apr 26	17.26
Mar 26	17.84
Mar 26	17.39
Mar 26	19.36
Mar 26	18.85
Feb 26	21.39
Feb 26	21.04
Feb 26	20.57
Feb 26	20.04
Jan 26	18.9
Jan 26	19.2
Jan 26	19.28
Jan 26	18.33
Jan 26	18.75
Dec 25	19.09
Dec 25	19.37
Dec 25	18.77
Dec 25	17.86
Nov 25	18.43
Nov 25	17.6
Nov 25	17.71
Nov 25	18.74
Oct 25	17.73
Oct 25	14.51
Oct 25	14.41
Oct 25	14.15
Oct 25	13.74
Sep 25	14.51
Sep 25	16.09
Sep 25	16.4
Sep 25	15.85
Aug 25	15.65
Aug 25	15.88
Aug 25	15.25
Aug 25	15.58
Aug 25	16.71
Jul 25	14.02
Jul 25	14.61
Jul 25	14.69
Jul 25	14.41
Jun 25	14.32
Jun 25	13.86
Jun 25	13.85
Jun 25	14.23
May 25	14.37
May 25	14
May 25	14.67
May 25	13.93
May 25	13.51
Apr 25	13.2
Apr 25	13.35
Apr 25	13.24
Apr 25	12.43
Mar 25	13.29
Mar 25	13.06
Mar 25	13.04
Mar 25	14.09
Feb 25	15.56
Feb 25	19.73
Feb 25	20.32
Feb 25	16.87
Jan 25	16.76
Jan 25	16.71
Jan 25	16.48
Jan 25	15.23
Jan 25	15.76
Dec 24	15.15
Dec 24	15.05
Dec 24	15.17
Dec 24	14.86
Nov 24	13.92
Nov 24	13.93
Nov 24	12.76
Nov 24	13.18
Nov 24	12.43
Oct 24	13.44

Price to Book

CHEF Price to Book by year
Period	Price to Book
Sep 26	6.78
Sep 26	6.63
Sep 26	6.87
Aug 26	6.91
Aug 26	6.64
Aug 26	6.55
Aug 26	6.62
Jul 26	6.93
Jul 26	6.05
Jul 26	6.19
Jul 26	6.11
Jul 26	6.1
Jun 26	6.11
Jun 26	6.08
Jun 26	5.78
Jun 26	5.15
May 26	4.88
May 26	4.87
May 26	5.12
May 26	5.21
May 26	5.02
Apr 26	4.2
Apr 26	4.22
Apr 26	4.14
Apr 26	3.69
Mar 26	3.81
Mar 26	3.72
Mar 26	4.14
Mar 26	4.03
Feb 26	4.57
Feb 26	4.68
Feb 26	4.58
Feb 26	4.46
Jan 26	4.21
Jan 26	4.27
Jan 26	4.29
Jan 26	4.08
Jan 26	4.17
Dec 25	4.25
Dec 25	4.31
Dec 25	4.18
Dec 25	3.98
Nov 25	4.1
Nov 25	3.92
Nov 25	3.94
Nov 25	4.17
Oct 25	3.95
Oct 25	4.08
Oct 25	4.05
Oct 25	3.98
Oct 25	3.87
Sep 25	4.08
Sep 25	4.53
Sep 25	4.61
Sep 25	4.46
Aug 25	4.4
Aug 25	4.47
Aug 25	4.29
Aug 25	4.38
Aug 25	4.7
Jul 25	4.45
Jul 25	4.63
Jul 25	4.66
Jul 25	4.57
Jun 25	4.54
Jun 25	4.39
Jun 25	4.39
Jun 25	4.51
May 25	4.56
May 25	4.44
May 25	4.65
May 25	4.42
May 25	4.28
Apr 25	3.76
Apr 25	3.8
Apr 25	3.77
Apr 25	3.54
Mar 25	3.78
Mar 25	3.72
Mar 25	3.71
Mar 25	4.01
Feb 25	4.43
Feb 25	5
Feb 25	5.15
Feb 25	4.27
Jan 25	4.25
Jan 25	4.23
Jan 25	4.17
Jan 25	3.86
Jan 25	3.99
Dec 24	3.84
Dec 24	3.81
Dec 24	3.84
Dec 24	3.76
Nov 24	3.52
Nov 24	3.53
Nov 24	3.23
Nov 24	3.34
Nov 24	3.15
Oct 24	3.23

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