The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: US1630861011
  • NASDAQ: CHEF
USD
108.89
0.53 (0.49%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
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Why is The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. ?

1
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 30.14% and Operating profit at 28.40%
2
With a growth in Net Profit of 58.97%, the company declared Very Positive results in Jun 26
  • The company has declared positive results for the last 7 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 161.8 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 15.25%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -2.04% (YoY)
3
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
4
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 76.48% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
76.48%
4.74
38.14%
S&P 500
15.76%
1.20
13.17%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
30.14%
EBIT Growth (5y)
28.40%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.93
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.93
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.12
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.03
Tax Ratio
28.48%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
7.37%
ROE (avg)
6.55%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
31
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.01
EV to EBIT
19.50
EV to EBITDA
12.91
EV to Capital Employed
2.56
EV to Sales
0.72
PEG Ratio
0.75
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
13.11%
ROE (Latest)
12.84%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

19What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 161.8 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 15.25%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -2.04% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 125.13 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 10.97 times

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 1,168.61 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 49.22 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 33.77 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 0.76

-2What is not working for the Company
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 58.63 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 5.02 %

Here's what is working for The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 161.8 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 1,168.61 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 49.22 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 49.22 MM has Grown at 66.84%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 33.77 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 33.77 MM has Grown at 58.97%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 0.76
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 125.13 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 10.97 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -2.04% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 58.63 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 5.02 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

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