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

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DateValue
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%