The Chef's Warehouse CHEF Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 24.2%+0.1pp | 24.1%+0.4pp | 23.7%0.0pp | 23.7%+1.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 3.5%+0.1pp | 3.4%+0.4pp | 2.9%-0.3pp | 3.3%+2.7pp | |
| Net margin | 1.7%+0.3pp | 1.5%+0.5pp | 1%-0.1pp | 1.1%— | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 12.7%+1.5pp | 11.2%+3.1pp | 8.1%+0.7pp | 7.4%— | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7%+0.4pp | 6.3%+1.3pp | 5%-1.0pp | 6%+4.5pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 2.1×0.0× | 2.1×0.0× | 2.1×+0.1× | 2×+0.3× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 2×0.0× | 2×+0.1× | 1.9×-0.6× | 2.5×+0.2× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.9×0.0× | 1.8×-0.4× | 2.2×+0.1× | 2.1×+0.6× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5×-0.1× | 5.2×-2.0× | 7.2×+0.8× | 6.4×-7.0× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $13.14+12.4% | $11.69+17.4% | $9.96-3.9% | $10.36+8.7% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $2.54B+30.0% | $1.95B+67.1% | $1.17B-8.3% | $1.27B+1.0% | |
| Price / earnings | 35×-0.1× | 35.2×+1.4× | 33.7×-12.1× | 45.9×— | |
| Price / sales | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.5×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 4.2×+0.6× | 3.6×+1.1× | 2.6×-0.6× | 3.2×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.8×+1.1× | 16.7×+0.8× | 15.9×-2.1× | 18×-33.9× |
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- What are The Chef's Warehouse's profit margins?
- The Chef's Warehouse (CHEF) runs a 24.3% gross margin and a 3.7% operating margin, with a 1.9% net margin.
- Where do The Chef's Warehouse's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from The Chef's Warehouse's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
