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How The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. stacks up
CHEF · against 146 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
25/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #119 of 147 · scores higher than 18% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score20 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including CHEF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 25?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield, free cash flow yield and earnings yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 73% of peers. EBITDA yield: 4.9% vs peer median 8.7%
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 73% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 3.1% vs peer median 6.2%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 72% of peers. Earnings yield: 2.2% vs peer median 4.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 144 reported | 2.1% | 4.6% | 21% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 147 reported | 5.3% | 9.5% | 19% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 55 reported | 3.1% | 7.3% | 15% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 139 reported | 15.7% | 46.9% | 13% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CHEFScores 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