Growth Metrics

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has disclosed EBT Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 2.15% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 83.0% year-over-year to 2.15%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 2.67%, up 37.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.5%, 40.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin hit 2.15% in Q1 2026 for Chefs' Warehouse, down from 2.9% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 3.57% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.26% in Q1 2023.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 1.92%, with a median of 2.15% recorded in 2026.
  • Year-over-year, EBT Margin skyrocketed 925bps in 2022 and then plummeted -206bps in 2023.
  • Chefs' Warehouse's EBT Margin stood at 0.69% in 2022, then surged by 296bps to 2.74% in 2023, then grew by 22bps to 3.33% in 2024, then decreased by -13bps to 2.9% in 2025, then dropped by -26bps to 2.15% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods came in at 2.15%, 2.9%, and 2.78% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.