The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: US1630861011
USD
64.60
0.63 (0.98%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
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  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
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Krispy Kreme, Inc.
Davis Commodities Ltd.

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 28.41%
2
Positive results in Dec 25
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 718.74
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 0.3% (YoY)
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 141.31 %
3
With ROCE of 11.53%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.53 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 23.97%, its profits have risen by 56.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
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 23.97% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  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?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
23.97%
1.88
35.49%
S&P 500
20.12%
1.04
19.28%
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)
28.41%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.93
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.93
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.12
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.00
Tax Ratio
28.48%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
7.37%
ROE (avg)
6.55%
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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
36
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.26
EV to EBIT
21.91
EV to EBITDA
14.43
EV to Capital Employed
2.53
EV to Sales
0.76
PEG Ratio
0.65
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
11.53%
ROE (Latest)
11.99%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
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

10What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 718.74

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.3% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 141.31 %

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 1,142.56 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 72.31 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 6.33 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 33.16 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 21.68 MM

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

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

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 718.74
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Sales
Highest at USD 1,142.56 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 72.31 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 6.33 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 33.16 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 21.68 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 141.31 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0.3% (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 20.9 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)