Chefs' Warehouse Financial Ratios
NASDAQ: CHEFConsumer DiscretionaryFood DistributorsUSD
At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Chefs' Warehouse ratio analysis
Chefs' Warehouse earned a net margin of 1.7% in FY 2025, up from 1.5% a year earlier. Gross margin was 24.2% compared with a median of 24.1% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 12.0%, meaning Chefs' Warehouse generated 0.12 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.24 versus 1.31 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.05. At the end of FY 2025, CHEF traded at 37.8 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 33.4 to 131.7, with a median of 41.4. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Chefs' Warehouse financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 37.82 | 36.88 | 33.44 | 45.59 | — | — | 46.88 | 44.76 | 37.96 | 131.67 |
| Price / sales | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.41 | 0.34 |
| Price / book | 4.07 | 3.43 | 2.44 | 3.07 | 3.42 | 2.34 | 3.34 | 2.91 | 2.15 | 2.11 |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 24.1% | 23.7% | 23.7% | 22.4% | 22.3% | 24.3% | 24.2% | 25.3% | 25.3% |
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 0.6% | -9.2% | 3.2% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 4.0% |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.1% | -0.3% | -7.5% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.1% | 2.7% | 0.1% | -0.9% | -3.4% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 12.0% | 10.3% | 7.6% | 6.9% | -1.4% | -24.1% | 7.2% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 1.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.6% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.8% | -0.5% | -8.5% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.24 | 1.31 | 1.58 | 1.66 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.15 | 0.90 | 1.28 | 1.72 |
| Current ratio | 2.05 | 2.04 | 1.89 | 2.54 | 2.39 | 3.43 | 3.02 | 2.62 | 2.74 | 2.46 |
| Revenue growth | 9.4% | 10.5% | 31.4% | 49.7% | 57.0% | -30.2% | 10.2% | 11.0% | 9.1% | 13.9% |
| EPS growth | 27.3% | 50.0% | 20.5% | — | — | -403.7% | 15.7% | 29.6% | 350.0% | -81.0% |