Chefs' Warehouse Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:CHEF Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
10 Mar 25	SellUS$5,419,177	John Pappas	Individual	100,000	US$54.70
06 Mar 25	SellUS$248,000	James Leddy	Individual	4,000	US$62.00
28 Feb 25	SellUS$1,821,267	Alexandros Aldous	Individual	30,000	US$61.30
28 Feb 25	SellUS$1,244,946	Joseph Cugine	Individual	20,000	US$62.39
12 Dec 24	SellUS$195,400	James Leddy	Individual	4,000	US$48.85
11 Dec 24	SellUS$9,770,000	Christopher Pappas	Individual	200,000	US$48.85

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of CHEF?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	8,403	0.0196%
Individual Insiders	4,485,185	10.4%
Institutions	38,466,132	89.5%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 76.72% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
12.9%	BlackRock, Inc.	5,247,111	US$342.2m	-1.44%	no data
6.59%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	2,679,202	US$174.7m	-0.3%	no data
6.56%	Wellington Management Group LLP	2,669,580	US$174.1m	9.16%	0.03%
6.1%	Christopher Pappas	2,483,136	US$161.9m	-8.63%	no data
5.25%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	2,134,904	US$139.2m	404%	0.03%
3.93%	Greenhouse Funds LLLP	1,598,670	US$104.2m	-34.8%	4.31%
3.38%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,375,956	US$89.7m	-3.55%	no data
3.32%	JP Morgan Asset Management	1,348,799	US$88.0m	-16.6%	0.01%
3.23%	John Pappas	1,313,758	US$85.7m	-6.11%	no data
2.65%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	1,078,934	US$70.4m	-46.3%	0.02%
2.44%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	991,640	US$64.7m	-18%	0.01%
2.17%	Kennedy Capital Management LLC	882,640	US$57.6m	17%	1.23%
2.09%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	850,692	US$55.5m	4.06%	no data
1.93%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	787,103	US$51.3m	0%	0.01%
1.89%	Federated Hermes, Inc.	770,868	US$50.3m	-3.79%	0.11%
1.73%	Jennison Associates LLC	704,278	US$45.9m	-0.95%	0.03%
1.45%	Eaton Vance Management	588,646	US$38.4m	2.59%	0.01%
1.43%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	581,203	US$37.9m	44%	0.01%
1.18%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	478,068	US$31.2m	-0.13%	0.01%
1.15%	Victory Capital Management Inc.	468,232	US$30.5m	-2.63%	0.03%
1.12%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	454,185	US$29.6m	-2.2%	no data
1.11%	Select Equity Group, L.P.	452,843	US$29.5m	525%	0.11%
1.06%	Northern Trust Global Investments	431,265	US$28.1m	4.06%	no data
1.05%	Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.	427,750	US$27.9m	-8.77%	0.08%
1.02%	Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC	413,199	US$26.9m	2.59%	0.17%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/07/14 10:37
End of Day Share Price	2025/07/11 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/28
Annual Earnings	2024/12/27

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. is covered by 18 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Andrew Wolf	BB&T Capital Markets
Todd Brooks	Benchmark Company
Kelly Bania	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research