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How The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. stacks up
CHEF · against 147 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
48/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #98 of 148 · scores higher than 34% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score14 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including CHEF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 48?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.A mix: stronger return on invested capital, but weaker operating margin than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 4.0% vs peer median 7.6%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.5% vs peer median 4.0%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 62% of peers. Return on invested capital: 11.1% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CHEF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CHEF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 139 reported | 11.1% | 11.7% | 49% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 147 reported | 4.0% | 9.2% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 138 reported | 4.5% | 5.1% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 137 reported | 15.3% | 11.9% | 65% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 148 reported | 24.5% | 37.7% | 23% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CHEF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 443.8B INR (≈$5.3B) | 99 | 54 | |
| 3 | 114.2B MXN (≈$6.2B) | 99 | 57 | |
| 90 | 6.5B USD | 52 | 51 | |
| 95 | 785.5B JPY (≈$5.3B) | 51 | 62 | |
| 95 | 3.4B CAD (≈$2.5B) | 51 | 49 | |
| 97 | 4.8B USD | 50 | 34 | |
| 98 | 4.1B USD | 48 | 42 | |
| 99 | 42.8B BRL (≈$7.7B) | 47 | 74 | |
| 99 | 2.4B USD | 47 | 25 | |
| 101 | 797.3B JPY (≈$5.4B) | 46 | 52 | |
| 101 | 314.6B INR (≈$3.8B) | 46 | 37 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score