The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)Consumer Defensive | Food Distribution | Ridgefield, United States | NasdaqGS
97.44 USD
+1.65
(1.723%)
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(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:45 a.m. EDT
CHEF is a high-beta growth story that has run up significantly against its historical range, leaving little margin of safety in the current price. The fundamentals are undeniably strong with double-digit revenue growth and explosive earnings acceleration, yet the balance sheet carries a heavy debt load that warrants caution. The absence of a dividend means investors rely entirely on capital appreciation, which is currently priced for perfection given the 52x trailing P/E. While the long-term trajectory over the past nine years has been stellar, the near-term outlook is clouded by analyst targets that trail the current price and elevated options volatility. This is a speculative play on execution, not a defensive hold. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.194946 |
| AutoETS | 0.196407 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.196407 |
| AutoTheta | 0.228044 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 4.33 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.879 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.07 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 160.719 |
| Revenue per Share | 109.896 |
| Market Cap | 3,973,372,160 |
| Trailing P/E | 53.25 |
| Forward P/E | 37.07 |
| Beta | 1.39 |
| Profit Margins | 1.87% |
| Website | https://www.chefswarehouse.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:45 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for continued volatility with elevated implied volatility near expiration. While there is significant put buying at the 100 strike for July protection, call buyers are placing heavier bets on upside potential at the 105 strike for January 2027, indicating a bullish bias in the medium-to-long term despite near-term hedging.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.52107394 |
| Address1 | 100 East Ridge Road |
| All Time High | 99.47 |
| All Time Low | 3.55 |
| Ask | 123.54 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 364,960 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 492,575 |
| Average Volume | 492,575 |
| Average Volume10Days | 364,960 |
| Beta | 1.392 |
| Bid | 69.67 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 14.938 |
| City | Ridgefield |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 97.44 |
| Current Ratio | 2.176 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 97.805 |
| Day Low | 95.22 |
| Debt To Equity | 160.719 |
| Display Name | The Chefs' Warehouse |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.614 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.688 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,328,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,328,200 |
| Ebitda | 240,284,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.05643 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 20.096 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.134 |
| Enterprise Value | 4,828,850,176 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.23616 |
| Eps Forward | 2.62836 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.83 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 85.724 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 11.716003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.13667122 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 52.107395 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 99.47 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.0299988 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.020408152 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 53.2 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 44.24 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.83157897 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 53.2 - 99.47 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,311,859,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 36,803,849 |
| Forward Eps | 2.62836 |
| Forward P E | 37.072548 |
| Free Cashflow | 61,377,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 5,156 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.24319 |
| Gross Profits | 1,035,462,976 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.104720004 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.01017 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 40,777,629 |
| Industry | Food Distribution |
| Industry Disp | Food Distribution |
| Industry Key | food-distribution |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,766,707,200 |
| Long Business Summary | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. It offers specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, and pastry products and center-of-the-plate products that includes custom cut beef, seafood, and hormone-free poultry, as well as produce and broadline food products comprising cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk, and flour. The company serves menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolatiers, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty food stores. It markets its center-of-the-plate products directly to consumers through a mail and e-commerce platform. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut. |
| Long Name | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 3,973,372,160 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_4370094 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,569,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 79,440,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,243,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,975,207,163 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 9 |
| Open | 95.53 |
| Operating Cashflow | 117,911,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.03129 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.08 |
| Phone | 203 894 1345 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.15999603 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.16419953 |
| Pre Market Price | 97.6 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,030,819 |
| Previous Close | 95.79 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 43.5747 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.522962 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.93319863 |
| Profit Margins | 0.018660001 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.233 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.33333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.65 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.72252 |
| Regular Market Day High | 97.805 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 95.22 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 95.22 - 97.805 |
| Regular Market Open | 95.53 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 95.79 |
| Regular Market Price | 97.44 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 294,310 |
| Return On Assets | 0.054250002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.13812 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.114 |
| Revenue Per Share | 109.896 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 40,777,629 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1157 |
| Shares Short | 4,719,670 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,250,949 |
| Short Name | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1523 |
| Short Ratio | 8.34 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CT |
| Symbol | CHEF |
| Target High Price | 110.0 |
| Target Low Price | 80.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 90.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 88.0 |
| Total Cash | 122,709,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.009 |
| Total Debt | 978,187,008 |
| Total Revenue | 4,257,798,912 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.83 |
| Trailing P E | 53.245903 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 68.0832 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 29.356804 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.43119013 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 294,310 |
| Website | https://www.chefswarehouse.com |
| Zip | 6,877 |