The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF): Price and Financial Metrics

CHEF POWR Grades

• CHEF scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 93.13% of US stocks.
• CHEF's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• CHEF ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 14th percentile.

CHEF Stock Summary

• Chefs' Warehouse Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 92.16% of US listed stocks.
• CHEF's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 230.32 -- higher than 89.16% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of Chefs' Warehouse Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.21% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Chefs' Warehouse Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be SRCL, SSNT, CALM, MRC, and STRR.
• Visit CHEF's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.chefswarehouse.com.

CHEF Valuation Summary

• CHEF's EV/EBIT ratio is -19.5; this is 208.33% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• CHEF's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.1 over the prior 123 months.
• Over the past 123 months, CHEF's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CHEF.

CHEF Growth Metrics

Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -44.72%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -45.78%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 6949.8%.

Over the past 34 months, CHEF's revenue has gone up $262,736,000.

The table below shows CHEF's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,745.757	-19.899	-4.923
2021-09-30	1,469.18	-37.318	-50.424
2021-06-30	1,238.889	-28.62	-65.307
2021-03-31	1,016.417	9.233	-86.739
2020-12-31	1,111.631	42.881	-82.903
2020-09-30	1,256.464	75.331	-34.958

CHEF's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CHEF has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 35.66% of graded US stocks.
• CHEF's asset turnover comes in at 1.477 -- ranking 53rd of 105 Wholesale stocks.
• INT, DLA, and MSM are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CHEF.

The table below shows CHEF's key quality metrics over time.