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
04 Nov 25	SellUS$1,366,420	James Leddy	Individual	22,000	US$62.11
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: CHEF insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of CHEF?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	15,682	0.036%
Individual Insiders	4,398,766	10.1%
Institutions	39,127,134	89.9%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 75.9% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
12.7%	BlackRock, Inc.	5,175,451	US$319.6m	-1.37%	no data
6.76%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	2,749,647	US$169.8m	0.36%	no data
6.55%	Wellington Management Group LLP	2,665,333	US$164.6m	-0.16%	0.02%
6.1%	Christopher Pappas	2,483,136	US$153.3m	-8.63%	no data
5.23%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	2,129,189	US$131.5m	-0.27%	0.03%
3.36%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,366,689	US$84.4m	-0.67%	no data
3.33%	Victory Capital Management Inc.	1,353,177	US$83.6m	189%	0.05%
3.23%	John Pappas	1,313,758	US$81.1m	0%	no data
2.82%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	1,149,252	US$71.0m	6.52%	0.02%
2.77%	JP Morgan Asset Management	1,125,647	US$69.5m	-14.2%	0.01%
2.34%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	953,671	US$58.9m	-3.83%	0.01%
2.29%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	931,671	US$57.5m	6.64%	0.01%
2.13%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	867,455	US$53.6m	1.97%	no data
2.12%	Greenhouse Funds LLLP	862,733	US$53.3m	-46%	2.16%
2.08%	Kennedy Capital Management LLC	846,769	US$52.3m	-4.06%	1.17%
1.81%	Jennison Associates LLC	737,016	US$45.5m	-2.02%	0.02%
1.35%	Federated Hermes, Inc.	547,652	US$33.8m	-26%	0.06%
1.29%	TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC	524,638	US$32.4m	19%	0.44%
1.2%	Northern Trust Global Investments	489,312	US$30.2m	13.5%	no data
1.12%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	457,700	US$28.3m	-21.3%	0.01%
1.09%	Manulife Asset Management	444,305	US$27.4m	8.54%	0.02%
1.07%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	436,005	US$26.9m	-1.54%	no data
1.05%	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	429,124	US$26.5m	363%	0.02%
1.04%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	423,348	US$26.1m	-11.4%	0.01%
1.03%	Eaton Vance Management	417,652	US$25.8m	0%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/11/13 00:06
End of Day Share Price	2025/11/13 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/26
Annual Earnings	2024/12/27

Data Sources

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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 16 analysts. 9 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
Todd Brooks	Benchmark Company
Kelly Bania	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Peter Saleh	BTIG