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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

CHEF

Consumer Defensive · 110.38 +0.5% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 11.4% versus the comparable filing period.
Company+0.5% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 1 activeFood Distribution · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 2 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Interest expense decreased to $19,807 from $20,968 (down $1,161, or 5.5%), primarily due to lower aggregate principal amounts of debt outstanding and lower interest rates.
  • Gross profit margin increased approximately 49–51 basis points due to effective pricing in an inflationary “food away from home” environment and product cost management.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CHEF's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 11.4% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 0.7 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 68.8% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Interest expense decreased to $19,807 from $20,968 (down $1,161, or 5.5%), primarily due to lower aggregate principal amounts of debt outstanding and lower interest rates.
  • Gross profit margin increased approximately 49–51 basis points due to effective pricing in an inflationary “food away from home” environment and product cost management.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations328
Usable filing statements74
Verified relationships0
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +9.4% year over year.
  • Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 116% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 147% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

110.38
6m+72.5%12m+71.3%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-24$1.7B+57.0%$-0.13+9.0%
2022-12-30$2.6B+49.7%$0.73+5.4%
2023-12-29$3.4B+31.4%$0.88+17.8%
2024-12-27$3.8B+10.5%$1.32+0.8%
2025-12-26$4.1B+9.4%$1.68+0.0%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesnegative · 5 filings
19 Interest Expense 2026 2025 $ Change % Change Interest expense $ 19,807 $ 20,968 $ (1,161) (5.5) % Interest expense decreased primarily due to lower aggregate principal amounts of debt outstanding and lower interest rates in the current period compared to t…
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026
Macroeconomic conditionspositive · 5 filings
Gross profit margin increased approximately 51 basis points due to effective pricing in an inflationary “food away from home” environment and product cost management.
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026
Restructuring and cost reductionsnegative · 3 filings
Other operating expenses, net in fiscal 2024 included charges associated with employee severance, partially offset by non-cash credits of $3.3 million for changes in the fair value of our contingent earn-out liabilities.
10-K · Feb 24, 2026
Supply chain and availabilitymixed · 1 filings
The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to timing inventory purchases and supplier payments, partially offset by sales growth.
10-Q · Apr 29, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 1.2× · EV/sales 1.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

110.38+0.5% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CHEF. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-30.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationpremium

What improved

  • Revenue increased 11.4% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 0.7 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 68.8% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to timing inventory purchases and supplier payments, partially offset by sales growth.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses 2026 2025 $ Change % Change Selling, general and administrative expenses $ 224,145 $ 202,763 $ 21,382 10.5 % Percentage of net sales 21.2 % 21.3 % The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily due to higher costs associated with compensation and benefits to support sales growth, higher depreciation expense driven by facility and fleet investments and higher self-insurance expense.

Gross Profit 2026 2025 $ Change % Change Gross profit $ 257,368 $ 225,995 $ 31,373 13.9 % Gross profit margin 24.3 % 23.8 % Gross profit dollars increased $25.7 million as a result of sales growth which includes inflation and acquisitions, with the remainder of the increase primarily due to improved gross profit margin rates.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind CHEF

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

CHEF is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Food Distribution. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. No verified filing-linked names are available yet.

This group is retained as the last observed read for CHEF; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.