Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) reported Net Margin of 1.64% for Q1 2026, up 56.0% year-over-year from 1.05% in Q1 2025, and down 13.59% quarter-over-quarter from 1.9% in Q4 2025.
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Net Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 1.64% in Q1 2026.
- Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.64%, up 56.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.87% (up 22.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.74%, up 28.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin declined to 1.64% in Q1 2026 per CHEF's latest filing, from 1.9% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 2.61% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.15% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 1.31% and a median of 1.51% in 2024 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Net Margin surged 667 bps in 2022, then tumbled 149 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 0.15% in 2022, then jumped by 1036 bps to 1.68% in 2023, then jumped by 38 bps to 2.31% in 2024, then decreased by 18 bps to 1.9% in 2025, then fell by 14 bps to 1.64% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CHEF's Net Margin at 1.64% in Q1 2026, 1.9% in Q4 2025, and 1.87% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sysco | 37.73 Bn | 35.83 Bn | 3.81 Bn | 1.66% |
| 2 | US Foods Holding | 19.91 Bn | 19.86 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 1.21% |
| 3 | Performance Food | 15.69 Bn | 15.65 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 0.26% |
| 4 | Chefs' Warehouse | 3.31 Bn | 3.19 Bn | 257.37 Mn | 1.64% |
| 5 | United Natural Foods | 3.08 Bn | 3.04 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 0.43% |
| 6 | Andersons | 2.53 Bn | 2.50 Bn | 160.58 Mn | 1.12% |
| 7 | Mission Produce | 800.45 Mn | 798.35 Mn | 20.50 Mn | -2.54% |
| 8 | G Willi Food International | 481.37 Mn | 403.39 Mn | 14.95 Mn | -9.89% |
| 9 | CVGW | 466.33 Mn | 420.35 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | HF Foods | 100.80 Mn | 101.81 Mn | 50.53 Mn | 0.43% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | 1.64% |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 1.90% |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 1.87% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 2.05% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 1.08% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 2.31% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 1.51% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 1.63% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 0.22% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 1.68% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 0.83% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.12% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.19% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 0.15% |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 1.25% |
| Jun 24, 2022 | 2.61% |
| Mar 25, 2022 | 0.27% |
| Dec 24, 2021 | 1.51% |
| Sep 24, 2021 | 0.71% |
| Jun 25, 2021 | 0.26% |