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Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 16 consecutive years, with -$3.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory rose 84.56% to -$3.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $67.1 million, a 108.4% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $67.1 million, up 108.4% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory was -$3.0 million for Q4 2025 at Chefs' Warehouse, down from $18.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $50.6 million in Q2 2025 to a low of -$27.6 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $11.9 million and a median of $10.8 million in 2021 define the central range for Change in Inventory.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Inventory: skyrocketed 515.64% in 2021, then tumbled 393.15% in 2023.
  • Chefs' Warehouse's Change in Inventory stood at $11.7 million in 2021, then fell by 19.22% to $9.4 million in 2022, then crashed by 393.15% to -$27.6 million in 2023, then rose by 29.03% to -$19.6 million in 2024, then surged by 84.56% to -$3.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CHEF's Change in Inventory are -$3.0 million (Q4 2025), $18.7 million (Q3 2025), and $50.6 million (Q2 2025).