NASDAQ: CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse Inc Stock

$53.70+0.74 (+1.4%)
Updated Apr 17, 2025
Why Price Moved
CHEF Price
$53.70
Fair Value Price
$9.12
Market Cap
$2.16B
52 Week Low
$32.16
52 Week High
$66.51
P/E
36.78x
P/B
4.02x
P/S
0.49x
PEG
2.76x
Dividend Yield
N/A
Revenue
$3.79B
Earnings
$55.48M
Gross Margin
24.1%
Operating Margin
3.38%
Profit Margin
1.5%
Debt to Equity
2.46
Operating Cash Flow
$153M
Beta
1.37
Next Earnings
Apr 29, 2025
Ex-Dividend
N/A
Next Dividend
N/A

CHEF Overview

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in distribution of specialty food products in the United States and Canada. The company's product portfolio includes approximately 50,000 stock-keeping units, such as specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, and pastry products. It also offers a line of center-of-the-plate products, including custom cut beef, seafood, and hormone-free poultry, as well as food products, such as cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk, and flour. The company serves menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolatiers, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty food stores. It markets its center-of-the-plate products directly to consumers through a mail and e-commerce platform. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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Industry: Food Distribution

Industry Rating
A
CHEF
Ranked
#7 of 10

Top Ranked Stocks in Industry

Name / TickerPriceZen Rating
$3.92A
$19.79B
$62.19B
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Due Diligence Score

Industry Average (37)
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CHEF ($53.70) is overvalued by 488.54% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $9.12 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling
Below Fair Value Valuation
CHEF ($53.70) is not significantly undervalued (488.54%) relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $9.12 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, when including a healthy margin of safety
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Valuation

CHEF fair value

Fair Value of CHEF stock based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Price
$53.70
Fair Value
$9.12
Overvalued by
488.54%
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CHEF price to earnings (PE)

For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings

Company
36.78x
Industry
41.81x
Market
27.98x
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CHEF price to book (PB)

For valuing companies that are loss-making or have lots of physical asset

Company
4.02x
Industry
4.19x
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CHEF price to earnings growth (PEG)

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CHEF's financial health

Profit margin

Revenue
$1.0B
Net Income
$23.9M
Profit Margin
2.3%
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Interest Coverage Financials
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Profit Margin Growth Financials

Assets to liabilities

Assets
$1.9B
Liabilities
$1.3B
Debt to equity
2.46
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Short-term Liabilities Financials
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Long-term Liabilities Financials
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Shrinking Debt Financials
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Healthy Debt to Equity Financials

Cash flow

Operating
$73.0M
Investing
-$8.4M
Financing
-$656.0k
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Debt Coverage Financials

CHEF vs Food Distribution Stocks

TickerZen RatingMarket Cap1d %P/EP/B
CHEFC$2.16B+1.40%36.78x4.02x
UNFIC$1.49B+1.77%-18.00x0.92x
ANDEC$1.30B+1.57%11.38x0.95x
AVOC$724.93M+2.51%17.59x1.32x
SPTNB$668.21M+1.38%1,979.00x0.90x

Chefs' Warehouse Stock FAQ

What is Chefs' Warehouse's quote symbol?

(NASDAQ: CHEF) Chefs' Warehouse trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CHEF. Chefs' Warehouse stock quotes can also be displayed as NASDAQ: CHEF.

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What is the 52 week high and low for Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ: CHEF)?

(NASDAQ: CHEF) Chefs' Warehouse's 52-week high was $66.51, and its 52-week low was $32.16. It is currently -19.26% from its 52-week high and 66.98% from its 52-week low.

How much is Chefs' Warehouse stock worth today?

(NASDAQ: CHEF) Chefs' Warehouse currently has 40,267,948 outstanding shares. With Chefs' Warehouse stock trading at $53.70 per share, the total value of Chefs' Warehouse stock (market capitalization) is $2.16B.

Chefs' Warehouse stock was originally listed at a price of $17.50 in Jul 28, 2011. If you had invested in Chefs' Warehouse stock at $17.50, your return over the last 13 years would have been 206.86%, for an annualized return of 9.01% (not including any dividends or dividend reinvestments).

How much is Chefs' Warehouse's stock price per share?

(NASDAQ: CHEF) Chefs' Warehouse stock price per share is $53.70 today (as of Apr 17, 2025).

What is Chefs' Warehouse's Market Cap?

(NASDAQ: CHEF) Chefs' Warehouse's market cap is $2.16B, as of Apr 21, 2025.

Market cap (market capitalization) is the total market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.

Chefs' Warehouse's market cap is calculated by multiplying CHEF's current stock price of $53.70 by CHEF's total outstanding shares of 40,267,948.
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