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CHEF

Chefs' Warehouse Inc

May 06 • 04:00PM ET

80.16

+1.14 1.44 %

Consumer Defensive • Food Distribution • USA • Mid • NASD

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Index	RUT	P/E	43.74	EPS (ttm)	1.83	Insider Own	11.10%	Shs Outstand	40.74M	Perf Week	5.89%
Market Cap	3.27B	Forward P/E	31.13	EPS next Y	2.57	Insider Trans	-5.52%	Shs Float	36.25M	Perf Month	35.31%
Enterprise Value	4.12B	PEG	1.88	EPS next Q	0.58	Inst Own	96.75%	Short Float	13.40%	Perf Quarter	26.04%
Income	79.44M	P/S	0.77	EPS this Y	16.81%	Inst Trans	2.70%	Short Ratio	9.89	Perf Half Y	32.02%
Sales	4.26B	P/B	5.37	EPS next Y	16.01%	ROA	4.15%	Short Interest	4.86M	Perf YTD	28.61%
Book/sh	14.94	P/C	26.64	EPS next 5Y	16.56%	ROE	13.81%	52W High	79.63 0.67%	Perf Year	31.19%
Cash/sh	3.01	P/FCF	40.29	EPS past 3/5Y	31.87% -	ROIC	5.18%	52W Low	53.20 50.68%	Perf 3Y	130.54%
Dividend Est.	-	EV/EBITDA	9.84	Sales past 3/5Y	16.66% 30.14%	Gross Margin	24.32%	Volatility	3.39% 4.07%	Perf 5Y	153.91%
Dividend TTM	-	EV/Sales	0.97	EPS Y/Y TTM	22.30%	Oper. Margin	3.84%	ATR (14)	2.91	Perf 10Y	394.51%
Dividend Ex-Date	-	Quick Ratio	1.33	Sales Y/Y TTM	10.01%	Profit Margin	1.87%	RSI (14)	75.71	Recom	1.25
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -	Current Ratio	2.18	EPS Q/Q	61.44%	SMA20	16.13%	Beta	1.47	Target Price	84.88
Payout	0.00%	Debt/Eq	1.61	Sales Q/Q	11.39%	SMA50	23.17%	Rel Volume	1.10	Prev Close	79.03
Employees	5156	LT Debt/Eq	1.52	Earnings	Apr 29 BMO	SMA200	27.19%	Avg Volume	491.14K	Price	80.16
IPO	Jul 28, 2011	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	58.60% 5.02%	Trades		Volume	539,438	Change	1.44%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Oct-27-25	Initiated	Morgan Stanley	Overweight	$75
Aug-27-25	Initiated	Piper Sandler	Neutral	$66
Sep-25-23	Initiated	UBS	Buy	$37
Dec-21-22	Upgrade	Jefferies	Hold → Buy	$43
Dec-17-21	Initiated	The Benchmark Company	Buy	$41
Sep-30-21	Initiated	Wolfe Research	Outperform	$38
Apr-05-21	Initiated	Lake Street	Buy	$38
Nov-10-20	Upgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform → Outperform	$15 → $30
Oct-16-20	Resumed	Jefferies	Hold	$13 → $16
Aug-31-20	Initiated	Loop Capital	Hold	$18
Jul-30-20	Downgrade	Piper Sandler	Overweight → Neutral	$13
Jul-17-20	Initiated	BTIG Research	Neutral
Apr-23-20	Downgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Outperform → Market Perform	$44 → $14
Feb-27-20	Initiated	National Securities	Buy	$42
Dec-12-19	Initiated	Piper Jaffray	Overweight	$41
Nov-11-19	Initiated	CL King	Buy	$41
Sep-26-18	Downgrade	Jefferies	Buy → Hold
May-16-17	Initiated	Loop Capital	Buy	$18
Apr-07-17	Initiated	Canaccord Genuity	Buy	$18
Feb-22-17	Reiterated	Barclays	Equal Weight	$12 → $14

Show Previous Ratings

Apr-30-26 08:30AM	The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Participate in the BMO Global Farm to Market Conference (GlobeNewswire)
Apr-29-26 07:07AM	Chefs' Warehouse: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press) +17.84%
07:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results (GlobeNewswire)
Apr-15-26 08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse to Announce First Quarter 2026 Results on April 29, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
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Feb-25-26 08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Participate in the UBS Global Consumer & Retail Conference (GlobeNewswire)
Feb-21-26 09:41AM	The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) Reports Q4 revenue of $1.14B Versus Consensus of $1.1B (Insider Monkey)
Feb-11-26 04:03PM	The Chefs' Warehouse Inc (CHEF) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Organic Growth Amidst ... (GuruFocus.com) +5.69%
12:32PM	The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
09:52AM	Chefs' Warehouse Q4 Earnings Call Highlights (MarketBeat)
08:40AM	Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates (Zacks)
07:54AM	Chefs' Warehouse: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
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)
Jan-28-26 08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results on February 11, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
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Jan-15-26 03:13AM	Benchmark Maintains Buy on Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) After Discussions With Management (Insider Monkey) +7.12%
Jan-12-26 07:30AM	The Chefs' Warehouse Announces Preliminary Fiscal Year 2026 Guidance (GlobeNewswire)
Jan-06-26 08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Participate in the ICR Conference (GlobeNewswire)
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08:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Participate in the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference (GlobeNewswire)
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Nov-07-25 10:46AM	Flowers Foods Q3 Earnings Meet Estimates, Revenues Increase 3% Y/Y (Zacks)
Nov-06-25 01:46PM	Do Options Traders Know Something About CHEF Stock We Don't? (Zacks)
08:12AM	Costco Sales Climb Again in October as Shoppers Keep Spending (Zacks)
Nov-05-25 09:19AM	Grocery Outlet Beats on Q3 Earnings, Trims Comparable Sales Outlook (Zacks)
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Oct-30-25 03:45PM	The Chefs' Warehouse Inc (CHEF) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Sales Growth and ... (GuruFocus.com)
12:45PM	3 Reasons Growth Investors Will Love Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) (Zacks)
10:27AM	Sprouts Farmers Q3 Earnings Beat, Comparable Store Sales Moderate (Zacks)
Oct-29-25 07:19AM	Chefs' Warehouse: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance) +6.38%
07:00AM	The Chefs' Warehouse Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results (GlobeNewswire)
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)
Sep-30-25 10:45AM	United Natural Foods (UNFI) Reports Q4 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
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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.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
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
McCauley Tim	Chief Accounting Officer	Jul 14 '25	Sale	65.07	17,500	1,138,675	52,050	Jul 15 04:32 PM
McCauley Tim	Officer	Jul 14 '25	Proposed Sale	65.76	25,000	1,644,000		Jul 14 05:01 PM
OLIVER KATHERINE	Director	May 15 '25	Proposed Sale	64.23	3,585	230,265		May 15 11:39 AM

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