Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) reported Debt to Equity of $1.23 for Q1 2026, down 4.78% year-over-year from $1.29 in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $1.24 in Q4 2025.

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has 17 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $1.23 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 came in at $1.23, down 4.78% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.23 (down 4.78% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.24, down 5.78% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity held at $1.23 in Q1 2026 per CHEF's latest filing, from $1.24 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt to Equity peaked at $1.7 in Q2 2023 and troughed at $1.06 in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $1.41 and a median of $1.31 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt to Equity.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Debt to Equity jumped 60.14% in 2023, then decreased 19.78% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $1.66 in 2022, then declined by 4.79% to $1.58 in 2023, then decreased by 16.75% to $1.31 in 2024, then decreased by 5.78% to $1.24 in 2025, then fell by 0.46% to $1.23 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CHEF's Debt to Equity at $1.23 in Q1 2026, $1.24 in Q4 2025, and $1.27 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Sysco 37.73 Bn 35.83 Bn 3.81 Bn 6.10
2 US Foods Holding 19.91 Bn 19.86 Bn 1.65 Bn 1.19
3 Performance Food 15.69 Bn 15.65 Bn 1.94 Bn 1.08
4 Chefs' Warehouse 3.31 Bn 3.19 Bn 257.37 Mn 1.23
5 United Natural Foods 3.08 Bn 3.04 Bn 1.05 Bn 0.00
6 Andersons 2.53 Bn 2.50 Bn 160.58 Mn 1.01
7 Mission Produce 800.45 Mn 798.35 Mn 20.50 Mn 0.21
8 G Willi Food International 481.37 Mn 403.39 Mn 14.95 Mn -
9 CVGW 466.33 Mn 420.35 Mn - -
10 HF Foods 100.80 Mn 101.81 Mn 50.53 Mn 0.49

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 1.23
Dec 26, 2025 1.24
Sep 26, 2025 1.27
Jun 27, 2025 1.27
Mar 28, 2025 1.29
Dec 27, 2024 1.31
Sep 27, 2024 1.52
Jun 28, 2024 1.55
Mar 29, 2024 1.61
Dec 29, 2023 1.58
Sep 29, 2023 1.61
Jun 30, 2023 1.70
Mar 31, 2023 1.64
Dec 30, 2022 1.66
Sep 23, 2022 1.30
Jun 24, 2022 1.06
Mar 25, 2022 1.12
Dec 24, 2021 1.14
Sep 24, 2021 1.18
Jun 25, 2021 1.21