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CHEF Stock  USD 52.09  0.24  0.46%   

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Chefs Warehouse is trading at 52.09 as of the 20th of March 2025. This is a 0.46 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 51.12. Chefs Warehouse has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat modest performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 20th of December 2024 and ending today, the 20th of March 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
IPO Date
28th of July 2011
Category
Consumer Defensive
Classification
Consumer Staples
The Chefs Warehouse, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in distribution of specialty food products in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Chefs Warehouse operates under Food Distribution classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. The company has 40.27 M outstanding shares of which 3.02 M shares are currently shorted by private and institutional investors with about 5.17 trading days to cover. More on The Chefs Warehouse

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Chefs Stock Highlights

ESG Sustainability
Environmental
Governance
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Founder and Vice ChairmanJohn Pappas
Business ConcentrationConsumer Staples Distribution & Retail, Consumer Defensive, Consumer Staples, Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail, Food Distribution, Consumer Defensive (View all Sectors)
Average Analyst Recommendation
Debt Levels
Chefs Warehouse can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Chefs Warehouse's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Chefs Warehouse's total assets is financed by creditors.
Liquidity
The Chefs Warehouse currently holds 227.08 M in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 1.68, which is about average as compared to similar companies. Chefs Warehouse has a current ratio of 2.45, suggesting that it is liquid enough and is able to pay its financial obligations when due. Note, when we think about Chefs Warehouse's use of debt, we should always consider it together with its cash and equity.

Change In Cash

68.02 Million
The Chefs Warehouse (CHEF) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA. It is located in 100 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, CT, United States, 06877 and employs 5,029 people. Chefs Warehouse is listed under Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 2.11 B. Chefs Warehouse conducts business under Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail sector and is part of Consumer Staples industry. The entity has 40.27 M outstanding shares of which 3.02 M shares are currently shorted by private and institutional investors with about 5.17 trading days to cover. The Chefs Warehouse currently holds about 145.42 M in cash with 153.06 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 3.8.
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Ownership Allocation
Chefs Warehouse holds a total of 40.27 Million outstanding shares. The majority of The Chefs Warehouse outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to acquire positions in Chefs Warehouse to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Chefs Warehouse. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of The Chefs Warehouse as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Also note that approximately two million eight hundred seventy-five thousand one hundred twenty-eight invesors are currently shorting Chefs Warehouse expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
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Chefs Stock Institutional Holders

InstituionRecorded OnShares
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-12-31
789.9 K
Kennedy Capital Management Inc2024-12-31
754.6 K
Jennison Associates Llc2024-12-31
711.1 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-12-31
512.8 K
Manufacturers Life Insurance Co2024-12-31
495.6 K
Victory Capital Management Inc.2024-12-31
480.9 K
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2024-12-31
480.8 K
Schroder Investment Management Group2024-12-31
468.9 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-12-31
464.4 K
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
5.3 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
2.7 M
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Chefs Warehouse Historical Income Statement

At this time, Chefs Warehouse's Selling General Administrative is most likely to increase significantly in the upcoming years. The Chefs Warehouse's current Total Revenue is estimated to increase to about 4 B, while Non Operating Income Net Other is forecasted to increase to (86.4 K). View More Fundamentals

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Chefs Warehouse Corporate Management

Christina PolychroniChief OfficerProfile
Alexandros JDChief CounselProfile
Alexandros AldousGeneral Counsel and Corporate SecretaryProfile
Timothy McCauleyChief OfficerProfile
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Is Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Chefs Warehouse. If investors know Chefs will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Chefs Warehouse listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.289
Earnings Share
1.33
Revenue Per Share
100.074
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.087
Return On Assets
0.0446
The market value of Chefs Warehouse is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Chefs that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Chefs Warehouse's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Chefs Warehouse's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Chefs Warehouse's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Chefs Warehouse's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Chefs Warehouse's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Chefs Warehouse is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Chefs Warehouse's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.