Growth Metrics

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has disclosed EBT Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 2.9% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 43.0% to 2.9% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 2.5%, a 40.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 2.5%, up 40.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin was 2.9% for Q4 2025 at Chefs' Warehouse, up from 2.78% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 3.57% in Q2 2022 to a low of 8.88% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 1.25% and a median of 1.66% in 2023 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Biggest YoY gain for EBT Margin was 2111bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -297bps in 2021.
  • Chefs' Warehouse's EBT Margin stood at 2.08% in 2021, then tumbled by -67bps to 0.69% in 2022, then soared by 296bps to 2.74% in 2023, then increased by 22bps to 3.33% in 2024, then fell by -13bps to 2.9% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CHEF's EBT Margin are 2.9% (Q4 2025), 2.78% (Q3 2025), and 2.85% (Q2 2025).