NASDAQ · CHEF

The Chef's Warehouse Inc.

$95.68 +$0.82 (+0.86%) 1D After hours
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Key Metrics

$3.87B
Market cap
48.69×
P/E · TTM
$4.26B
Revenue · TTM
$79.44M
Net income
EPS · TTM $1.72
Dividend yield —
Free cash flow $81.13M
Beta · 1Y 0.55
EBITDA · TTM $169.99M
Gross margin 24.3%

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 20.3 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Apr 29
    The stock moved +17.8% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Apr 29

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$3.87B
Enterprise value$4.50B
Shares outstanding40.8M
52-wk range$53.20 – $102.87
Avg volume · 20D394.8K
Net cash −$627.72M
Book value / share$13.20
IndustryWholesale-Groceries, General Line
ExchangeNASDAQ
About The Chef's Warehouse Inc.
IPO dateJul 28, 2011
Employees5156

The Chefs' Warehouse Inc is a specialty food distributor in metropolitan areas across the United States, the Middle East and Canada.

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Valuation

P/E48.69
P/S0.91
P/FCF47.68
EV/EBITDA26.45
EV/Sales1.06
Graham №$22.63

Profitability

Gross 24.3%
Operating 2.7%
Net 1.9%
FCF 1.9%
ROE / ROIC 13.9% · 6.4%

Financial Health

Current ratio2.18
Quick ratio1.33
Debt / equity1.23
Debt / EBITDA 4.41
Net cash −$627.72M
Working capital$503.19M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $117.91M
Capex −$36.78M
Free cash flow $81.13M
Buybacks $25.01M
Dividends paid —
Shareholder yield 0.6%

Piotroski F-Score

8 / 9
Strong fundamentals · 8 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

4.5
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$22.63 vs $95.68
Trades 4.2× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-03-27 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings