Is the price fair?
What CHEF's price assumes
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. trades at 61.2× earnings against 39.2× for the median Food Distribution name, more expensive than its own group.
61.2
Trailing P/E · Food Distribution median 39.2 · 1.56× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 0.64
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 2.1%
Free cash flow yield · Food Distribution median 4.2%
- Growth the price implies
- +17%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +17% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; revenue has grown +15% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 4.51
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 21.5
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 0.78
- Consumer Defensive median P/E115 names
- 21.5
- Food Distribution median P/E7 names
- 39.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $81M
- Market capitalisation
- $3.89B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +15%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $68.42 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $77.73 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $84.71 |
| 52-week range | $54.60 – $113.51 |
| Today | $111.97 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.