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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
1W: -4.5% 1M: -3.6% 3M: +6.1% YTD: +70.4% 1Y: +81.0% 3Y: +436.8% 5Y: +220.8%
$108.99
+2.66 (+2.50%)
After Hours: $104.20 (-4.79, -4.39%)
Weekly Expected Move ±5.1%
$95 $100 $106 $111 $117
NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution · Tech Score Sell · Power 46 · $4.4B mcap · 37M float · 1.69% daily turnover · Short 51% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 68% of companies Debt: 17.9% of company value Bonds: $125.4M held by 40 funds → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.45 (down 99%), The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $946.6M against a stock market value of $4.34B.
Distance to default 7.21 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-26, debt counted $377.8M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 37.6%; Altman Z 4.82. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$129M -15.6% ▼
5Y CAGR: +24.7%
Capital Expenditures
$41M +16.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +42.6%
Free Cash Flow
$88M -15.2% ▼
5Y CAGR: +19.6%
Dividends Paid
$0 +0.0% ▲
Buybacks
$15M +39.5% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$6M -90.2% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income-$5M$28M$35M$55M$72M
Depreciation & Amort.$35M$38M$56M$65M$78M
Stock-Based Comp.$11M$14M$20M$18M$21M
Change in Working Capital-$62M-$98M-$75M-$1M-$76M
Other Non-Cash Items$3M$32M$18M$15M$33M
Operating Cash Flow-$20M$23M$62M$153M$129M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$39M-$46M-$57M-$50M-$41M
Acquisitions (Net)-$10M-$186M-$122M-$315K-$5M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$0$0$0$0-$750K
Investing Cash Flow-$49M-$232M-$179M-$50M-$47M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$7M$279M$24M-$10M-$49M
Stock Repurchased-$2M-$3M-$2M-$25M-$15M
Dividends Paid$0$0$0$0$0
Other Financing-$83K-$23M-$13M-$4M-$13M
Financing Cash Flow-$9M$253M$9M-$38M-$76M
Net Change in Cash-$78M$44M-$109M$65M$6M
Cash End of Period$115M$159M$50M$115M$121M
Free Cash Flow-$59M-$23M$4M$104M$88M

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