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
The company has declared Positive results for the last 6 consecutive quarters
- INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
- OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q) Highest at 21.61 %
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -2.33% (YoY)
3
With ROCE of 13.11%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 2.56 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 46.32%, its profits have risen by 45.8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.8
4
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
- Along with generating 46.32% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. should be less than 10%
- 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.
46.32%
3.42
39.18%
S&P 500
22.93%
1.75
13.09%
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%
Valuation Key Factors 
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%
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
Technical Movement
10What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)
The company hardly has any interest cost
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)
Highest at 21.61 %
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -2.33% (YoY
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at 140.56 %
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)
Highest at USD 228.81 MM
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)
At USD 22.74 MM has Grown at 82.17%
NET PROFIT(Q)
At USD 17.37 MM has Grown at 68.81%
0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS
Here's what is working for The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 21.61 % and Grown
In each period in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved
Operating Profit to Sales
Operating Profit
Highest at USD 228.81 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive
Operating Profit (USD MM)
Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 22.74 MM has Grown at 82.17%
Year on Year (YoY)MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive
Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)
Net Profit
At USD 17.37 MM has Grown at 68.81%
Year on Year (YoY)MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive
Net Profit (USD MM)
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 140.56 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -2.33% (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
Depreciation
Highest at USD 195.68 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation
Depreciation (USD MM)
Depreciation
At USD 195.68 MM has Grown at 836.34%
period on period (QoQ)MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales
Depreciation (USD MM)






