Are Consumer Staples Stocks Lagging The Chef's Warehouse (CHEF) This Year?

By Zacks Equity Research | August 21, 2025, 9:40 AM

The Consumer Staples group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) one of those stocks right now? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.

Chefs' Warehouse is a member of our Consumer Staples group, which includes 178 different companies and currently sits at #10 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. Chefs' Warehouse is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CHEF's full-year earnings has moved 0.9% higher within the past quarter. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.

According to our latest data, CHEF has moved about 25.5% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Consumer Staples stocks have gained an average of 6.4%. As we can see, Chefs' Warehouse is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

Another stock in the Consumer Staples sector, New York Times Co. (NYT), has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 15.1%.

Over the past three months, New York Times Co.'s consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 8.3%. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

To break things down more, Chefs' Warehouse belongs to the Food - Miscellaneous industry, a group that includes 42 individual companies and currently sits at #174 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has lost an average of 5.4% so far this year, meaning that CHEF is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

On the other hand, New York Times Co. belongs to the Publishing - Newspapers industry. This 2-stock industry is currently ranked #2. The industry has moved +11.8% year to date.

Investors with an interest in Consumer Staples stocks should continue to track Chefs' Warehouse and New York Times Co.. These stocks will be looking to continue their solid performance.

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