Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) reported FCF Margin of 2.89% for Q1 2026, down 103.0% year-over-year from 96.19% in Q1 2025, and down 49.88% quarter-over-quarter from 5.76% in Q4 2025.
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 2.89% in Q1 2026.
- FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 2.89%, down 103.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.91% (down 137.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.12%, down 61.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin fell to 2.89% in Q1 2026 per CHEF's latest filing, from 5.76% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 6.25% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 2.88% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 1.09% and a median of 0.57% in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: FCF Margin jumped 491 bps in 2023, then tumbled 320 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 2.88% in 2022, then jumped by 170 bps to 2.03% in 2023, then surged by 208 bps to 6.25% in 2024, then fell by 8 bps to 5.76% in 2025, then plunged by 50 bps to 2.89% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CHEF's FCF Margin at 2.89% in Q1 2026, 5.76% in Q4 2025, and 1.93% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sysco | 37.73 Bn | 35.83 Bn | 3.81 Bn | 3.37% |
| 2 | US Foods Holding | 19.91 Bn | 19.86 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 2.04% |
| 3 | Performance Food | 15.69 Bn | 15.65 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 3.33% |
| 4 | Chefs' Warehouse | 3.31 Bn | 3.19 Bn | 257.37 Mn | 2.89% |
| 5 | United Natural Foods | 3.08 Bn | 3.04 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 1.20% |
| 6 | Andersons | 2.53 Bn | 2.50 Bn | 160.58 Mn | -16.95% |
| 7 | Mission Produce | 800.45 Mn | 798.35 Mn | 20.50 Mn | -9.97% |
| 8 | G Willi Food International | 481.37 Mn | 403.39 Mn | 14.95 Mn | 44.44% |
| 9 | CVGW | 466.33 Mn | 420.35 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | HF Foods | 100.80 Mn | 101.81 Mn | 50.53 Mn | -0.01% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | 2.89% |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 5.76% |
| Sep 26, 2025 | -1.93% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 0.44% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 3.92% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 6.25% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 1.27% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 1.39% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 1.58% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 2.03% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | -0.31% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.16% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.52% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | -2.88% |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 0.57% |
| Jun 24, 2022 | 0.03% |
| Mar 25, 2022 | -0.77% |
| Dec 24, 2021 | -2.60% |
| Sep 24, 2021 | -2.21% |
| Jun 25, 2021 | -4.48% |