Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) reported EBT Margin of 2.15% for Q1 2026, up 83.0% year-over-year from 1.17% in Q1 2025, and down 26.01% quarter-over-quarter from 2.9% in Q4 2025.

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has 17 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 2.15% in Q1 2026.

  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 2.15%, up 83.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.67% (up 37.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.5%, up 40.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin fell to 2.15% in Q1 2026 per CHEF's latest filing, from 2.9% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 3.57% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.26% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 1.92% and a median of 2.15% in 2026 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBT Margin surged 925 bps in 2022, then plunged 206 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 0.69% in 2022, then surged by 296 bps to 2.74% in 2023, then gained by 22 bps to 3.33% in 2024, then decreased by 13 bps to 2.9% in 2025, then dropped by 26 bps to 2.15% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CHEF's EBT Margin at 2.15% in Q1 2026, 2.9% in Q4 2025, and 2.78% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Sysco 37.73 Bn 35.83 Bn 3.81 Bn 2.17%
2 US Foods Holding 19.91 Bn 19.86 Bn 1.65 Bn 1.48%
3 Performance Food 15.69 Bn 15.65 Bn 1.94 Bn 0.34%
4 Chefs' Warehouse 3.31 Bn 3.19 Bn 257.37 Mn 2.15%
5 United Natural Foods 3.08 Bn 3.04 Bn 1.05 Bn 0.54%
6 Andersons 2.53 Bn 2.50 Bn 160.58 Mn 1.29%
7 Mission Produce 800.45 Mn 798.35 Mn 20.50 Mn -2.99%
8 G Willi Food International 481.37 Mn 403.39 Mn 14.95 Mn 17.21%
9 CVGW 466.33 Mn 420.35 Mn - -
10 HF Foods 100.80 Mn 101.81 Mn 50.53 Mn 0.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 2.15%
Dec 26, 2025 2.90%
Sep 26, 2025 2.78%
Jun 27, 2025 2.85%
Mar 28, 2025 1.31%
Dec 27, 2024 3.33%
Sep 27, 2024 2.16%
Jun 28, 2024 2.32%
Mar 29, 2024 0.32%
Dec 29, 2023 2.74%
Sep 29, 2023 1.61%
Jun 30, 2023 1.51%
Mar 31, 2023 0.26%
Dec 30, 2022 0.69%
Sep 23, 2022 1.71%
Jun 24, 2022 3.57%
Mar 25, 2022 0.37%
Dec 24, 2021 2.08%
Sep 24, 2021 1.29%
Jun 25, 2021 0.06%