The Chefs Warehouse is a food distribution business based in the US. The Chefs Warehouse shares (CHEF) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $41.88 – a decrease of 0.12% over the previous week. The Chefs Warehouse employs 4,873 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.7 billion.
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| Latest market close | $41.88 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $24.70 - $44.58 |
| 50-day moving average | $40.68 |
| 200-day moving average | $38.52 |
| Wall St. target price | $51.00 |
| PE ratio | 35.7155 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.16 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $41.88 from 2024-11-19
| 1 week (2024-11-13) | -0.12% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-21) | 3.10% |
| 3 months (2024-08-20) | 9.01% |
| 6 months (2024-05-20) | 7.69% |
| 1 year (2023-11-20) | 58.22% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-18) | 14.36% |
| 3 years (2021-11-19) | 28.58% |
| 5 years (2019-11-20) | 25.50% |
Valuing The Chefs Warehouse stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The Chefs Warehouse's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
The Chefs Warehouse's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 36x. In other words, The Chefs Warehouse shares trade at around 36x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
The Chefs Warehouse's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.2. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The Chefs Warehouse's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
The Chefs Warehouse's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $177.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a The Chefs Warehouse's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $3.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.43% |
| Gross profit TTM | $618.6 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.44% |
| Return on equity TTM | 10.39% |
| Profit margin | 1.28% |
| Book value | $12.14 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting The Chefs Warehouse to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, The Chefs Warehouse's shares have ranged in value from as little as $24.7001 up to $44.58. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while The Chefs Warehouse's is 2.335. This would suggest that The Chefs Warehouse's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, distributes specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. The company's product portfolio includes specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, and pastry products; and center-of-the-plate products consisting of custom cut beef, seafood, and hormone-free poultry, as well as broadline food products comprising cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk, and flour. The company serves menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolatiers, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty food stores. It markets its center-of-the-plate products directly to consumers through a mail and e-commerce platform. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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