CHEF

Chefs' Warehouse Inc

104.23

Oct 30 • 3:59 PM ET +2.67 (2.63%)

104.23

Aftermarket • 4:18 PM ET 0.00 (0.00%)

Consumer Defensive Food Distribution USA Mid NASD

Oct 28, 5:43 PMChefs' Warehouse beats Q3 2026 estimates, raises 2026 guidance and effectively reaches 7% EBITDA margin target early

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Index	RUT
Market Cap	4.53B
Enterprise Value	5.31B
Income	102.44M
Sales	4.51B
Book/sh	16.83
Cash/sh	3.79
Dividend Est.	-
Dividend TTM	-
Dividend Ex-Date	-
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -
Payout	0.00%
Employees	5156
IPO	Jul 28, 2011

P/E	44.82
Forward P/E	33.96
PEG	1.40
P/S	1.01
P/B	6.19
P/C	27.50
P/FCF	24.96
EV/EBITDA	11.72
EV/Sales	1.18
Quick Ratio	1.35
Current Ratio	2.21
Debt/Eq	1.38
LT Debt/Eq	1.30
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	2.33
EPS next Y	3.07
EPS next Q	0.74
EPS this Y	34.92%
EPS next Y	19.73%
EPS next 5Y	24.28%
EPS past 3/5Y	31.87% -
Sales past 3/5Y	16.66% 30.14%
EPS Y/Y TTM	36.16%
Sales Y/Y TTM	11.51%
EPS Q/Q	49.96%
Sales Q/Q	11.17%
Earnings	Oct 28 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	12.28% 1.41%

Insider Own	9.39%
Insider Trans	-6.52%
Inst Own	98.80%
Inst Trans	-0.77%
ROA	5.12%
ROE	16.22%
ROIC	6.50%
Gross Margin	24.66%
Oper. Margin	4.32%
Profit Margin	2.27%
SMA20	-4.87%
SMA50	-5.88%
SMA200	19.83%
Trades

Shs Outstand	40.79M
Shs Float	36.96M
Short Float	8.33%
Short Ratio	4.77
Short Interest	3.08M
52W High	118.51 -12.05%
52W Low	56.46 84.61%
Volatility	7.05% 4.48%
ATR (14)	4.92
RSI (14)	41.22
Beta	1.47
Rel Volume	0.87
Avg Volume	645.81K
Volume	560,902

Perf Week	-1.56%
Perf Month	-7.40%
Perf Quarter	-6.35%
Perf Half Y	32.22%
Perf YTD	67.22%
Perf Year	73.80%
Perf 3Y	474.59%
Perf 5Y	198.91%
Perf 10Y	814.30%
Recom	1.22
Target Price	126.12
Prev Close	101.56
Price	104.23
Change %	2.63%

Consensus

Strong Buy

Avg. Price Target

$126.12

Implied Upside

+21.0%

Analysts14incl. previous ratings

Rating Distribution10 Buy · 4 Hold · 0 Sell

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change	Implied Upside
Jul 15, 2026	Downgrade	MMorgan Stanley	Overweight → Equal-Weight	$97	-6.9%
Jul 07, 2026	Initiated	TTD Cowen	Buy	$110	+5.5%
Oct 27, 2025	Initiated	MMorgan Stanley	Overweight	$75	-28.0%
Aug 27, 2025	Initiated	PPiper Sandler	Neutral	$66	-36.7%
Sep 25, 2023	Initiated	UUBS	Buy	$37	-64.5%
Dec 21, 2022	Upgrade	JJefferies	Hold → Buy	$43	-58.7%
Dec 17, 2021	Initiated	TThe Benchmark Company	Buy	$41	-60.7%
Sep 30, 2021	Initiated	WWolfe Research	Outperform	$38	-63.5%
Apr 05, 2021	Initiated	LLake Street	Buy	$38	-63.5%
Nov 10, 2020	Upgrade	BBMO Capital Markets	Market Perform → Outperform	$15 → $30	-71.2%
Oct 16, 2020	Resumed	JJefferies	Hold	$13 → $16	-84.6%
Aug 31, 2020	Initiated	LLoop Capital	Hold	$18	-82.7%
Jul 30, 2020	Downgrade	PPiper Sandler	Overweight → Neutral	$13	-87.5%
Jul 17, 2020	Initiated	BBTIG Research	Neutral
Apr 23, 2020	Downgrade	BBMO Capital Markets	Outperform → Market Perform	$44 → $14	-86.6%
Feb 27, 2020	Initiated	NNational Securities	Buy	$42	-59.7%
Dec 12, 2019	Initiated	PPiper Jaffray	Overweight	$41	-60.7%
Nov 11, 2019	Initiated	CCL King	Buy	$41	-60.7%
Sep 26, 2018	Downgrade	JJefferies	Buy → Hold
May 16, 2017	Initiated	LLoop Capital	Buy	$18	-82.7%

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Oct-14-26 08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Results on October 28, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
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Apr-15-26 08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse to Announce First Quarter 2026 Results on April 29, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
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07:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Financial Results (GlobeNewswire)
Feb-02-26 10:04AM	Benchmark Sees Continued Upside in The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) on Visible Operating Momentum (Insider Monkey)
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Jan-15-26 03:13AM	Benchmark Maintains Buy on Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) After Discussions With Management (Insider Monkey) +7.12%
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Oct-29-25 07:19AM	Chefs' Warehouse: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance) +6.38%
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Oct-28-25 09:42AM	Earnings To Watch: The Chefs' Warehouse Inc (CHEF) Reports Q3 2025 Result (GuruFocus.com)
Oct-15-25 08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse to Announce Third Quarter Results on October 29, 2025 (GlobeNewswire)
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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Aldous Alexandros	General Counsel	Aug 14 '26	Sale	110.97	35,000	3,883,889	34,442	Aug 18 05:49 PM
Polychroni Christina	Chief Human Resources Officer	Aug 14 '26	Sale	112.00	2,752	308,224	22,014	Aug 18 05:45 PM
Pappas Christopher	President and CEO	Aug 14 '26	Sale	110.11	100,000	11,011,085	2,105,480	Aug 18 05:41 PM
Pappas Christopher	Officer	Aug 14 '26	Proposed Sale	112.05	100,000	11,205,000		Aug 14 04:18 PM
Christina Polychroni	Officer	Aug 14 '26	Proposed Sale	111.92	2,752	308,000		Aug 14 12:03 PM
Alexandros Aldous	Officer	Aug 14 '26	Proposed Sale	112.00	35,000	3,920,000		Aug 14 11:54 AM
Polychroni Christina	Chief Human Resources Officer	May 19 '26	Sale	79.21	4,500	356,428	24,642	May 20 04:39 PM
Christina Polychroni	Officer	May 19 '26	Proposed Sale	79.10	4,500	355,950		May 19 11:36 AM
Pappas Christopher	President and CEO	May 05 '26	Sale	78.00	125,000	9,750,000	2,189,453	May 05 09:50 PM
Pappas Christopher	Officer	May 05 '26	Proposed Sale	78.83	125,000	9,853,750		May 05 04:21 PM
Pappas Christopher	President and CEO	Mar 03 '26	Option Exercise	20.23	95,908	1,940,219	2,494,430	Mar 03 08:14 PM
Pappas Christopher	President and CEO	Mar 03 '26	Sale	62.53	95,908	5,997,127	2,398,522	Mar 03 08:14 PM
Polychroni Christina	Chief Human Resources Officer	Feb 27 '26	Sale	71.33	3,084	219,982	33,864	Mar 03 08:10 PM
Polychroni Christina	Chief Human Resources Officer	Mar 02 '26	Sale	65.45	3,317	217,098	30,141	Mar 03 08:10 PM
Aldous Alexandros	General Counsel	Feb 27 '26	Sale	71.22	29,500	2,100,990	72,017	Mar 03 07:55 PM
Pappas Christopher	Officer	Mar 03 '26	Proposed Sale	71.39	95,908	6,846,872		Mar 03 04:21 PM
Christina Polychroni	Officer	Feb 27 '26	Proposed Sale	71.86	6,401	460,000		Feb 27 04:24 PM
Alexandros Aldous	Officer	Feb 27 '26	Proposed Sale	71.19	29,500	2,100,000		Feb 27 03:02 PM
McCauley Tim	Chief Accounting Officer	Feb 18 '26	Sale	70.00	7,500	525,000	44,662	Feb 26 09:46 PM
Leddy James	Chief Financial Officer	Nov 04 '25	Sale	62.11	22,000	1,366,420	125,892	Nov 05 06:40 PM
James Leddy	Officer	Nov 04 '25	Proposed Sale	62.10	22,000	1,366,200		Nov 04 04:59 PM

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. engages in the distribution of specialty food products. It focuses on serving the specific needs of chefs who own and operate menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolateries, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty food stores in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. The company was founded by Christopher Pappas and John D. Pappas in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, CT.

FounderMr. Christopher Pappas

FounderMr. John Pappas

CFO & Assistant SecretaryMr. James F. Leddy

Gen. CounselMr. Alexandros Aldous J.D.

Chief Human Resources OfficerMs. Christina Polychroni

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