Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Other Working Capital Changes (2010 - 2026)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) reported Other Working Capital Changes of -$3.6 million for Q1 2026, up 12.05% year-over-year from -$3.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 207.84% quarter-over-quarter from $3.4 million in Q4 2025.

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Other Working Capital Changes (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has 17 years of Other Working Capital Changes data on file, last reported at -$3.6 million in Q1 2026.

  • Other Working Capital Changes for Q1 2026 came in at -$3.6 million, up 12.05% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.9 million (up 678.1% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.4 million, down 26.42% from the prior year.
  • Other Working Capital Changes fell to -$3.6 million in Q1 2026 per CHEF's latest filing, from $3.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Other Working Capital Changes peaked at $9.6 million in Q3 2022 and troughed at -$4.1 million in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $1.9 million and a median of $1.2 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Other Working Capital Changes.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Other Working Capital Changes surged 3486.19% in 2022, then sank 364.2% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Other Working Capital Changes shows it stood at $7.8 million in 2022, then slumped by 84.04% to $1.2 million in 2023, then soared by 104.77% to $2.5 million in 2024, then jumped by 32.39% to $3.4 million in 2025, then tumbled by 207.84% to -$3.6 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CHEF's Other Working Capital Changes at -$3.6 million in Q1 2026, $3.4 million in Q4 2025, and $741000.0 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Sysco 37.73 Bn 35.83 Bn 3.81 Bn
2 US Foods Holding 19.91 Bn 19.86 Bn 1.65 Bn
3 Performance Food 15.69 Bn 15.65 Bn 1.94 Bn
4 Chefs' Warehouse 3.31 Bn 3.19 Bn 257.37 Mn
5 United Natural Foods 3.08 Bn 3.04 Bn 1.05 Bn
6 Andersons 2.53 Bn 2.50 Bn 160.58 Mn
7 Mission Produce 800.45 Mn 798.35 Mn 20.50 Mn
8 G Willi Food International 481.37 Mn 403.39 Mn 14.95 Mn
9 CVGW 466.33 Mn 420.35 Mn -
10 HF Foods 100.80 Mn 101.81 Mn 50.53 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 -3.62 Mn
Mar 27, 2026 -3.62 Mn
Dec 26, 2025 3.36 Mn
Dec 26, 2025 3.36 Mn
Sep 26, 2025 741,000.00
Sep 26, 2025 741,000.00
Jun 27, 2025 4.46 Mn
Jun 27, 2025 4.46 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 -4.12 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 -4.12 Mn
Dec 27, 2024 2.54 Mn
Dec 27, 2024 2.54 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 1.53 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 1.53 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 -799,000.00
Jun 28, 2024 -799,000.00
Mar 29, 2024 2.78 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 2.78 Mn
Dec 29, 2023 1.24 Mn
Dec 29, 2023 1.24 Mn