CHEF

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Consumer Defensive DELAYED
Last price
111.21
▲ 0.14 (0.13%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
177.71
Prev close
111.07
Day high
114.11
Day low
110.38
Volume
664.34K
Market cap
$4.54B
P/E (TTM)
52.96
52W range
53.24 – 118.51

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+60.00%
Prior close 111.07
VWAP
111.74
-0.47% from price
Relative volume
0.79×
Normal
Session range
61.11%
110.30 – 177.71
Position in range
1%
Near session low
ATR (14D)
3.65
3.29% of price
Prior day high
118.15
PDH
Prior day low
110.73
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
525.83K
Avg 664.84K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-0.26% -2.2%
1M
-2.75% -3.9%
3M
+15.52% +11.0%
6M
+87.73% +69.5%
YTD
+78.42% +64.2%
1Y
+100.60% +84.2%
3Y
+425.07% +342.8%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on CHEF open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-155.57K
Net selling
Buy transactions
8
111.68K shares
Sell transactions
5
267.25K shares
Net transactions
+13
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
2.4 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
4.13M
Total on file
Bought 111.68KSold 267.25K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 14, 26
PAPPAS CHRISTOPHER
Chief Executive Officer
SELL 100.00K $11.01M Direct
Aug 14, 26
POLYCHRONI CHRISTINA
Officer
SELL 2.75K $308.22K Direct
Aug 14, 26
ALDOUS ALEXANDROS
General Counsel
SELL 35.00K $3.88M Direct
Jun 1, 26
PAPPAS CHRISTOPHER
Chief Executive Officer
STOCK 21.82K $0 Indirect
May 19, 26
POLYCHRONI CHRISTINA
Officer
SELL 4.50K $356.43K Direct
May 8, 26
PERETZ RICHARD N
Director
STOCK 1.65K $0 Direct
May 8, 26
OWENS LESTER J.
Director
STOCK 1.65K $0 Direct
May 8, 26
WALTON DEBRA L
Director
STOCK 1.65K $0 Direct
May 8, 26
WEINSTEIN WENDY M.
Director
STOCK 1.65K $0 Direct
May 8, 26
GOLDSTONE STEVEN F
Director
STOCK 1.65K $0 Direct
May 8, 26
LEWIS AYLWIN B
Director
STOCK 1.65K $0 Direct
May 5, 26
PAPPAS CHRISTOPHER
Chief Executive Officer
SELL 125.00K $9.75M Direct
May 4, 26
PAPPAS CHRISTOPHER
Chief Executive Officer
STOCK 79.95K $0 Direct
Mar 3, 26
PAPPAS CHRISTOPHER
Chief Executive Officer
SELL 95.91K $6.00M Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
ALDOUS ALEXANDROS
General Counsel 34.44K Sale
BROWN IVY
Director 18.25K Stock Award(Grant)
CUGINE JOSEPH M
Director 27.73K Sale
GOLDSTONE STEVEN F
Director 37.02K Stock Award(Grant)
LEDDY JAMES F
Chief Financial Officer 136.81K Stock Award(Grant)
LEWIS AYLWIN B
Director 19.90K Stock Award(Grant)
MCCAULEY TIMOTHY
Officer 50.02K Stock Award(Grant)
PAPPAS CHRISTOPHER
Chief Executive Officer 2.13M Sale
PAPPAS JOHN
Chief Operating Officer 1.17M Stock Award(Grant)
POLYCHRONI CHRISTINA
Officer 22.01K Sale

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$4.54B
Enterprise value$5.35B
Revenue (TTM)$4.39B
Gross profit$1.07B
EBITDA$260.49M
Net income$91.97M
EPS (TTM)$2.10
Free cash flow$107.14M
Total cash$135.47M
Total debt$946.61M
Book value / share$15.89
Shares outstanding40.80M
Float36.95M
Short % of float15.02%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.44

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E52.96
Forward P/E36.36
PEG ratio1.08
Price / sales—
Price / book7.00
EV / revenue1.22
EV / EBITDA20.53
Gross margin24.46%
Operating margin5.02%
Profit margin2.09%
Return on equity15.25%
Return on assets5.87%
Debt / equity146.03
Current ratio2.15
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $4.15B$3.79B$3.43B$2.61B +9.4%
Operating revenue $4.15B$3.79B$3.43B$2.61B +9.4%
Cost of revenue $3.15B$2.88B$2.62B$1.99B +9.2%
Gross profit $1.00B$914.15M$814.47M$618.64M +9.8%
Selling, general & admin $849.79M$784.85M$704.76M$518.22M +8.3%
Total operating expense $850.98M$785.94M$713.53M$532.90M +8.3%
Operating income $153.11M$128.21M$100.94M$85.74M +19.4%
Net interest income -$41.56M-$48.67M-$45.47M-$43.85M +14.6%
Pre-tax income $103.54M$79.53M$55.47M$41.89M +30.2%
Tax provision $31.18M$24.05M$20.88M$14.14M +29.6%
Net income $72.36M$55.48M$34.59M$27.75M +30.4%
Net income to common $72.36M$55.48M$34.59M$27.75M +30.4%
Basic EPS 1.871.460.920.75 +28.1%
Diluted EPS 1.681.320.880.73 +27.3%
EBIT $145.11M$128.21M$100.94M$85.74M +13.2%
EBITDA $223.24M$193.14M$156.55M$123.98M +15.6%
Basic shares 38.72M37.91M37.63M37.09M +2.1%
Diluted shares 46.00M45.98M45.64M38.74M +0.0%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.81
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.35
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
50.00
-55.0% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
0.0%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
47
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
38
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
80.00
28 contracts
Heaviest put OI
50.00
9 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.590.78 +32.3%
Mar 2026 0.250.40 +59.9%
Dec 2025 0.620.68 +8.8%
Sep 2025 0.420.50 +20.3%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.58 8 $1.12B +9.5%
Next quarter 0.78 8 $1.24B +8.2%
Current year 2.54 8 $4.58B +10.5%
Next year 3.06 8 $4.98B +8.6%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$122.00
High target$131.00
Low target$104.00
Implied upside9.70%
Analyst count8
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy0 / 7
Hold1
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders10.13%
Held by institutions100.58%
Institutions holding414
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
111.62
-0.37% from price
SMA 20
110.74
+0.43% from price
SMA 50
110.71
+0.45% from price
SMA 100
99.91
+11.31% from price
SMA 200
82.73
+34.42% from price
EMA 12
111.68
-0.42% from price
EMA 26
110.93
+0.25% from price
EMA 50
108.17
+2.81% from price
RSI (14)
50.8
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.75
Hist 0.06
ATR (14)
3.65
3.29% of price
Realised vol 30D
34.9%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
114.65
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
106.83
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
110.71 vs 82.73
Trend bias
Above 200
+34.42%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 111.21
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.50
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.17
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
34.9%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-20.5%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-56.1%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
3.65
3.29% of price
Beta (reported)
1.44
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
4.66M
Prior 5.53M
Change vs prior
-15.8%
Shorts covering
% of float
15.02%
Elevated
% of shares out
11.41%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
7.1
Crowded exit
Float
36.95M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

90 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Sep 11, 26 TD Cowen MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 30, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 30, 26 Benchmark MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 30, 26 Morgan Stanley MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jul 30, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 30, 26 TD Cowen MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 15, 26 Morgan Stanley DOWNGRADE Overweight Equal-Weight
Jul 14, 26 Benchmark MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 7, 26 TD Cowen INITIATED — Buy
Jun 11, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Apr 30, 26 Benchmark MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Apr 30, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend date—
Next pay date—
Last split—
Split date—

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