Growth Metrics

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has disclosed Debt Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.38 as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 1.13% year-over-year to 0.38; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.38, down 1.13%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.37, 2.94% down from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio hit 0.38 in Q1 2026 for Chefs' Warehouse, up from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.44 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.35 in Q2 2022.
  • Average Debt Ratio over 5 years is 0.4, with a median of 0.4 recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Debt Ratio fell 12.69% in 2022 and then rose 24.82% in 2023.
  • Chefs' Warehouse's Debt Ratio stood at 0.44 in 2022, then decreased by 4.58% to 0.42 in 2023, then dropped by 9.68% to 0.38 in 2024, then dropped by 2.94% to 0.37 in 2025, then rose by 2.18% to 0.38 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.38, 0.37, and 0.38 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.