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Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. CHEF

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line · CIK 0001517175 · Fiscal year ends 1226

Revenue
$4.15B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-26
Operating income
$145.11M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-26
Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-26

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) reported revenue of $4.15B and net income of $72.36M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-26. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Wholesale-Groceries, General Line.

Income

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-262024-12-272023-12-292022-12-302021-12-242020-12-252019-12-272018-12-282017-12-292016-12-30
Revenue$4.15B$3.79B$3.43B$2.61B$1.75B$1.11B$1.59B$1.44B$1.30B$1.19B
Cost of revenue$3.15B$2.88B$2.62B$1.99B$1.36B$863.48M$1.21B$1.10B$972.14M$891.65M
Gross profit$1.00B$914.15M$814.47M$618.64M$390.48M$248.15M$386.57M$348.92M$329.38M$301.22M
Operating income$145.11M$128.21M$100.94M$85.74M$10.81M-$102.66M$50.67M$48.59M$41.13M$47.24M
Net income$72.36M$55.48M$34.59M$27.75M-$4.92M-$82.90M$24.19M$20.40M$14.37M$3.02M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 46.00Mshares 45.98Mshares 45.64Mshares 38.74Mshares 36.74Mshares 33.72Mshares 30.07Mshares 29.68Mshares 27.42Mshares 26.03M
Pretax income$103.54M$79.53M$55.47M$41.89M-$6.78M-$123.61M$32.40M$27.84M$18.41M$5.68M
Income tax expense$31.18M$24.05M$20.88M$14.14M-$1.85M-$40.70M$8.21M$7.44M$4.04M$2.65M
Diluted EPS$1.68$1.32$0.88$0.73$-0.13$-2.46$0.81$0.70$0.54$0.12
Selling, general & administrative$849.79M$784.85M$704.76M$518.22M$379.25M$336.39M$329.54M$298.10MUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-262024-12-272023-12-292022-12-302021-12-242020-12-252019-12-272018-12-282017-12-292016-12-30
Cash & equivalents$120.98M$114.66M$49.88M$158.80M$115.16M$193.28M$140.23M$42.41M$41.50M$32.86M
Total assets$2.03B$1.86B$1.71B$1.51B$1.07B$974.32M$1.01B$732.40M$687.75M$633.54M
Current assets$969.89M$868.04M$730.94M$720.86M$469.96M$405.66M$453.16M$328.74M$296.84M$264.49M
Total liabilities$1.42B$1.32B$1.25B$1.11B$723.58M$629.74M$677.75M$423.72M$439.15M$439.78M
Current liabilities$473.46M$425.40M$385.78M$283.74M$197.02M$118.10M$150.15M$125.54M$108.27M$107.37M
Total equity incl. NCI$604.31M$537.65M$454.67M$401.51M$350.21M$344.59M$335.93M$308.68M$248.60M$193.76M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$385.72M$316.01M$284.53M$245.69M$144.49M$82.52M$124.06M$112.61M$102.08M$87.50M
Accounts receivable$392.37M$366.31M$334.02M$260.17M$172.54M$96.38M$175.04M$161.76M$142.17M$128.03M
Goodwill$362.74M$356.30M$356.02M$287.12M$221.78M$214.86M$197.74M$184.28M$173.20M$163.78M
Long-term debt$720.33M$688.74M$664.80M$653.50M$394.16M$398.08M$386.11M$278.17M$314.00M$317.72M
Accounts payable$275.62M$266.78M$200.55M$163.40M$118.28M$57.52M$94.10M$87.80M$70.02M$65.51M

Cash flow

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-262024-12-272023-12-292022-12-302021-12-242020-12-252019-12-272018-12-282017-12-292016-12-30
Operating cash flow$129.22M$153.06M$61.64M$23.13M-$19.90M$42.88M$45.01M$45.08M$31.50M$38.91M
Capital expendituresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Investing cash flow-$46.76M-$49.82M-$179.31M-$232.02M-$48.99M-$67.97M-$44.15M-$33.69M-$42.41M-$35.82M
Financing cash flow-$76.22M-$38.48M$9.01M$253.22M-$9.22M$78.06M$96.95M-$10.44M$19.43M$27.24M
Net change in cash$6.33M$64.78M-$108.92M$43.64M-$78.13M$53.05M$97.82M$906.00K$8.64M$30.41M
Stock-based compensation$21.24M$17.78M$20.04M$13.60M$11.48M$9.29M$4.40M$4.09M$3.02M$2.58M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$15.00M$17.39M$0$0UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Depreciation & amortization$53.65M$40.56M$32.89M$24.33M$22.00M$19.77M$13.33M$10.30M$8.52M$7.08M

Derived

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-262024-12-272023-12-292022-12-302021-12-242020-12-252019-12-272018-12-282017-12-292016-12-30
Free cash flowUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross margin24.2%24.1%23.7%23.7%22.4%22.3%24.3%24.2%25.3%25.3%
Operating margin3.5%3.4%2.9%3.3%0.6%-9.2%3.2%3.4%3.2%4.0%
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
SBC / revenue0.5%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.7%0.8%0.3%0.3%0.2%0.2%
Current ratio2.05x2.04x1.89x2.54x2.39x3.43x3.02x2.62x2.74x2.46x
Revenue YoY growth9.4%10.5%31.4%49.7%57.0%-30.2%10.2%11.0%9.1%Unavailable
Net margin1.7%1.5%1.0%1.1%-0.3%-7.5%1.5%1.4%1.1%0.3%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Long-term debt / equity1.19xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate30.1%30.2%37.6%33.8%UnavailableUnavailable25.3%26.7%22.0%46.7%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CHEF in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-04-29View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-24View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-30View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-30View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-02-25View SEC filing

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