Growth Metrics

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

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 2.89% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 103.0% year-over-year to 2.89%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 1.91%, down 137.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.12%, 61.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 2.89% in Q1 2026 for Chefs' Warehouse, down from 5.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 6.25% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 2.88% in Q4 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 1.09%, with a median of 0.57% recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin soared 491bps in 2023 and then tumbled -320bps in 2025.
  • Chefs' Warehouse's FCF Margin stood at 2.88% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 170bps to 2.03% in 2023, then surged by 208bps to 6.25% in 2024, then fell by -8bps to 5.76% in 2025, then crashed by -50bps to 2.89% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods came in at 2.89%, 5.76%, and 1.93% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.