Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) reported EBITDA Margin of 1.62% for Q1 2026, up 52.0% year-over-year from 1.06% in Q1 2025, and down 16.17% quarter-over-quarter from 1.93% in Q4 2025.
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has 17 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 1.62% in Q1 2026.
- EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.62%, up 52.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.88% (up 27.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.77%, up 36.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin slipped to 1.62% in Q1 2026 per CHEF's latest filing, from 1.93% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 2.6% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.14% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 1.31% and a median of 1.48% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBITDA Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBITDA Margin surged 666 bps in 2022, then slumped 146 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 0.14% in 2022, then soared by 1118 bps to 1.72% in 2023, then rose by 28 bps to 2.19% in 2024, then retreated by 12 bps to 1.93% in 2025, then slipped by 16 bps to 1.62% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CHEF's EBITDA Margin at 1.62% in Q1 2026, 1.93% in Q4 2025, and 1.84% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sysco | 37.73 Bn | 35.83 Bn | 3.81 Bn | 3.02% |
| 2 | US Foods Holding | 19.91 Bn | 19.86 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 1.21% |
| 3 | Performance Food | 15.69 Bn | 15.65 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 0.91% |
| 4 | Chefs' Warehouse | 3.31 Bn | 3.19 Bn | 257.37 Mn | 1.62% |
| 5 | United Natural Foods | 3.08 Bn | 3.04 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 0.85% |
| 6 | Andersons | 2.53 Bn | 2.50 Bn | 160.58 Mn | 6.11% |
| 7 | Mission Produce | 800.45 Mn | 798.35 Mn | 20.50 Mn | -2.41% |
| 8 | G Willi Food International | 481.37 Mn | 403.39 Mn | 14.95 Mn | 23.31% |
| 9 | CVGW | 466.33 Mn | 420.35 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | HF Foods | 100.80 Mn | 101.81 Mn | 50.53 Mn | 0.33% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | 1.62% |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 1.93% |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 1.84% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 2.13% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 1.10% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 2.19% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 1.48% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 1.61% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 0.18% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 1.72% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 0.80% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.21% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 0.14% |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 1.23% |
| Jun 24, 2022 | 2.60% |
| Mar 25, 2022 | 0.29% |
| Dec 24, 2021 | 1.51% |
| Sep 24, 2021 | 0.69% |
| Jun 25, 2021 | 0.28% |