Chefs' Warehouse Cash Flow Statement
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Chefs' Warehouse free cash flow
In fiscal 2025, Chefs' Warehouse generated $129.2 million of operating cash flow and spent $41.4 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $87.8 million, a free-cash-flow margin of 2.1% of revenue. Free cash flow was down 15.2% from the prior year's $103.6 million.
Chefs' Warehouse returned $15.0 million to shareholders through share repurchases, equal to 17% of free cash flow.
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Chefs' Warehouse cash flow statement (annual)
| Fiscal year (USD) | FY 20252025-12-26 | FY 20242024-12-27 | FY 20232023-12-29 | FY 20222022-12-30 | FY 20212021-12-24 | FY 20202020-12-25 | FY 20192019-12-27 | FY 20182018-12-28 | FY 20172017-12-29 | FY 20162016-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 72.36M | 55.48M | 34.59M | 27.75M | -4.92M | -82.90M | 24.19M | 20.40M | 14.37M | 3.02M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | +30.43% | +60.39% | +24.65% | — | — | -442.67% | +18.58% | +42.02% | +375.22% | -81.35% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 53.65M | 40.56M | 32.89M | 24.33M | 22.00M | 19.77M | 13.33M | 10.30M | 8.52M | 7.08M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 21.24M | 17.78M | 20.04M | 13.60M | 11.48M | 9.29M | 4.40M | 4.09M | 3.02M | 2.58M |
| Change in Working Capital | -71.20M | 4.26M | -65.21M | -96.60M | -62.24M | 61.96M | -20.69M | -13.63M | -16.36M | 165.00K |
| Operating Cash Flow | 129.22M | 153.06M | 61.64M | 23.13M | -19.90M | 42.88M | 45.01M | 45.08M | 31.50M | 38.91M |
| Capital Expenditures | -41.43M | -49.51M | -57.43M | -45.85M | -38.80M | -7.04M | -16.08M | -19.82M | -12.31M | -16.62M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -46.76M | -49.82M | -179.31M | -232.02M | -48.99M | -67.97M | -44.15M | -33.69M | -42.41M | -35.81M |
| Share Repurchases | -15.00M | -17.39M | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt Issued | — | 0 | 0 | 587.50M | 51.75M | 0 | 150.00M | 0 | 0 | — |
| Debt Repaid | -13.00M | -23.00M | -29.00M | -327.74M | -32.88M | -40.43M | -1.89M | -49.36M | -12.83M | — |
| Financing Cash Flow | -76.22M | -38.48M | 9.01M | 253.22M | -9.22M | 78.06M | 96.95M | -10.44M | 19.43M | 27.23M |
| Net Change in Cash | 6.33M | 64.78M | -108.92M | 43.65M | -78.13M | 53.05M | 97.82M | 906.00K | 8.64M | 30.41M |
| Free Cash Flow | 87.79M | 103.56M | 4.21M | -22.71M | -58.70M | 35.84M | 28.93M | 25.27M | 19.19M | 22.29M |
This table shows 10 annual periods of Chefs' Warehouse's cash flow statement, from FY 2025 back to FY 2016, across 14 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow CHEF's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?