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Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. CHEF

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

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$1.14B
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-25
Operating income
$51.49M
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-25
Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-25

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$2.26BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-27
Float per share$55.45Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income31.2×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue0.5×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity3.7×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-27, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-26 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

31.2× earnings today, against a median of 29.5× across 8 years on record. In line with its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-27$2.26B31.2×
2024-06-28$1.35B24.3×
2023-06-30$1.04B30.1×
2022-06-24$778.29M28.0×
2019-06-28$892.12M36.9×
2018-06-29$591.19M29.0×
2017-06-30$269.16M18.7×
2016-06-24$316.40M104.7×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Wholesale-Groceries, General Line filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Net margin1.7%100th
Gross margin24.2%80th
Operating margin3.5%80th
Revenue YoY growth9.4%80th
Effective tax rate30.1%75th
Current ratio2.05x60th
SBC / revenue0.5%60th

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) reported revenue of $1.14B and net income of $29.62M for the fiscal year ended 2026-09-25. 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.
Metric2026-09-252026-06-262026-03-272025-12-262025-09-262025-06-272025-03-282024-12-272024-09-272024-06-28
Revenue$1.14B$1.17B$1.06B$1.14B$1.02B$1.03B$950.75M$1.03B$931.45M$954.70M
Cost of revenue$851.04M$875.73M$801.64M$866.00M$774.13M$780.57M$724.75M$782.61M$706.70M$725.70M
Gross profit$284.34M$292.89M$257.37M$276.56M$247.19M$254.34M$226.00M$250.96M$224.75M$229.00M
Operating income$51.49M$58.63M$33.13M$43.22M$38.94M$40.22M$22.74M$46.46M$31.88M$33.87M
Net income$29.62M$33.77M$17.37M$21.68M$19.15M$21.24M$10.29M$23.93M$14.10M$15.52M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 46.16Mshares 46.05Mshares 46.08MUnavailableshares 45.80Mshares 46.03Mshares 46.09MUnavailableshares 45.94Mshares 45.95M
Pretax income$42.49M$49.22M$22.74M$33.16M$28.40M$29.50M$12.48M$34.46M$20.14M$22.18M
Income tax expense$12.87M$15.45M$5.37M$11.47M$9.25M$8.26M$2.19M$10.53M$6.04M$6.65M
Diluted EPS$0.67$0.76$0.40Unavailable$0.44$0.49$0.25Unavailable$0.34$0.37
Selling, general & administrative$233.41M$234.18M$224.14M$225.15M$208.12M$213.75M$202.76M$206.80M$192.89M$194.83M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-252026-06-262026-03-272025-12-262025-09-262025-06-272025-03-282024-12-272024-09-272024-06-28
Cash & equivalents$164.72M$135.47M$122.71M$120.98M$65.06M$96.87M$116.53M$114.66M$50.70M$38.34M
Total assets$2.08B$2.03B$1.99B$2.03B$1.92B$1.91B$1.84B$1.86B$1.77B$1.72B
Current assets$1.04B$975.77M$930.93M$969.89M$868.98M$883.45M$835.02M$868.04M$792.31M$740.55M
Total liabilities$1.40B$1.38B$1.38B$1.42B$1.34B$1.35B$1.30B$1.32B$1.29B$1.25B
Current liabilities$471.10M$454.30M$427.74M$473.46M$405.74M$439.87M$407.26M$425.40M$429.11M$399.53M
Total equity incl. NCI$686.56M$648.24M$608.63M$604.31M$576.64M$557.72M$541.64M$537.65M$480.34M$461.88M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$404.47M$379.84M$364.04M$385.72M$385.39M$367.90M$316.85M$316.01M$336.29M$310.36M
Accounts receivable$398.83M$395.88M$377.35M$392.37M$347.52M$350.75M$335.85M$366.31M$334.36M$323.43M
Goodwill$363.41M$363.39M$362.68M$362.74M$356.63M$356.54M$356.34M$356.30M$356.59M$356.53M
Long-term debt$696.77M$693.72M$720.90M$720.33M$711.74M$690.22M$681.08M$688.74M$666.56M$660.76M
Accounts payable$253.87M$246.12M$233.02M$275.62M$227.88M$278.90M$249.54M$266.78M$232.15M$220.39M

Cash flow

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-252026-06-262026-03-272025-12-262025-09-262025-06-272025-03-282024-12-272024-09-272024-06-28
Operating cash flow$44.49M$58.39M$38.26M$73.87M-$8.72M$14.50M$49.57M$73.00M$19.83M$29.33M
Capital expendituresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Investing cash flow-$8.49M-$9.51M-$7.70M-$13.42M-$11.02M-$9.98M-$12.34M-$8.38M-$8.01M-$16.06M
Financing cash flow-$6.73M-$36.09M-$28.78M-$4.63M-$11.94M-$24.23M-$35.41M-$656.00K$537.00K-$17.11M
Net change in cash$29.26M$12.76M$1.73M$55.92M-$31.80M-$19.66M$1.88M$63.95M$12.36M-$3.93M
Stock-based compensation$9.30M$7.54M$5.29M$6.69M$4.92M$4.87M$4.76M$4.60M$4.42M$4.56M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$0$0$10.00M-$1.00K$5.00M$10.00M$0$7.39M$0$5.00M
Depreciation & amortization$15.72M$15.37M$14.79M$14.61M$13.71M$13.09M$12.24M$11.20M$10.59M$9.54M

Derived

Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-252026-06-262026-03-272025-12-262025-09-262025-06-272025-03-282024-12-272024-09-272024-06-28
Free cash flowUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross margin25.0%25.1%24.3%24.2%24.2%24.6%23.8%24.3%24.1%24.0%
Operating margin4.5%5.0%3.1%3.8%3.8%3.9%2.4%4.5%3.4%3.5%
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
SBC / revenue0.8%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.5%0.5%
Current ratio2.21x2.15x2.18x2.05x2.14x2.01x2.05x2.04x1.85x1.85x
Revenue YoY growth11.2%12.9%11.4%10.5%9.6%8.4%8.7%8.7%5.6%8.3%
Net margin2.6%UnavailableUnavailable1.9%1.9%UnavailableUnavailable2.3%1.5%Unavailable
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Long-term debt / equity1.01xUnavailableUnavailable1.19xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate30.3%31.4%23.6%34.6%32.6%28.0%17.6%30.6%30.0%30.0%

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 2026-10-28View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-29View SEC filing
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

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