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

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DateValue
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%