Chefs' Warehouse Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Chefs' Warehouse has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 22.9%, while the Consumer Retailing industry saw earnings growing at 14.2% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 22.1% per year. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity is 7.8%, and it has net margins of 1%.

Key information

22.9%

Earnings growth rate

19.2%

EPS growth rate

Consumer Retailing Industry Growth	10.9%
Revenue growth rate	22.1%
Return on equity	7.8%
Net Margin	1.0%
Last Earnings Update	29 Mar 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

The Chefs' Warehouse Looks Appetizing After Strong Q4 Results

Feb 15

Chefs' Warehouse: Eyeing Up A Long Entry (Technical Analysis)

Oct 10

At US$32.72, Is It Time To Put The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHEF) On Your Watch List?

Aug 30

Analysts Just Made A Notable Upgrade To Their The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHEF) Forecasts

Jul 30

We Think Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Has A Fair Chunk Of Debt

Jul 29

Chef's Warehouse acquires Nicola Imports to boost presence in Arizona and Colorado

Jun 16

The Chef's Warehouse acquires Foley Fish to boost seafood category

Apr 26

If You Had Bought Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Stock A Year Ago, You Could Pocket A 97% Gain Today

Mar 13

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Is Carrying A Fair Bit Of Debt

Jan 28

Chefs' Warehouse Is Overvalued Given Economic Conditions

Dec 23

The Chefs' Warehouse EPS misses by $0.06, misses on revenue

Oct 28

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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How Chefs' Warehouse makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NasdaqGS:CHEF Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
29 Mar 24	3,589	35	737
29 Dec 23	3,434	35	703
29 Sep 23	3,275	20	668
30 Jun 23	3,055	21	618
31 Mar 23	2,821	28	564
30 Dec 22	2,613	28	518
23 Sep 22	2,380	35	474
24 Jun 22	2,203	30	443
25 Mar 22	1,978	14	409
24 Dec 21	1,746	-5	379
24 Sep 21	1,469	-50	353
25 Jun 21	1,239	-65	330
26 Mar 21	1,016	-87	308
25 Dec 20	1,112	-83	321
25 Sep 20	1,256	-35	320
26 Jun 20	1,399	-19	319
27 Mar 20	1,610	9	339
27 Dec 19	1,592	24	330
27 Sep 19	1,559	22	332
28 Jun 19	1,524	22	337
29 Mar 19	1,483	21	327
28 Dec 18	1,445	20	298
28 Sep 18	1,408	21	309
29 Jun 18	1,371	20	299
30 Mar 18	1,332	17	292
29 Dec 17	1,302	14	289
29 Sep 17	1,287	14	287
30 Jun 17	1,260	13	282
31 Mar 17	1,220	0	274
30 Dec 16	1,193	3	254
23 Sep 16	1,143	1	246
24 Jun 16	1,121	4	237
25 Mar 16	1,111	16	237
25 Dec 15	1,047	16	228
25 Sep 15	982	15	215
26 Jun 15	914	14	199
27 Mar 15	846	14	180
26 Dec 14	833	14	176
26 Sep 14	802	14	166
27 Jun 14	764	14	159
28 Mar 14	721	15	148
27 Dec 13	674	17	135
27 Sep 13	623	16	124
28 Jun 13	577	15	115

Quality Earnings: CHEF has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: CHEF's current net profit margins (1%) are lower than last year (1%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: CHEF's earnings have grown significantly by 22.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: CHEF's earnings growth over the past year (26.5%) exceeds its 5-year average (22.9% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: CHEF earnings growth over the past year (26.5%) exceeded the Consumer Retailing industry 15.8%.

Chefs' Warehouse Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Key information

Recent past performance updates

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 01, 2024

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 14, 2024

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 01, 2023

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 15, 2023

Third quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 26, 2022

Recent updates

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for Full Year 2024

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 01, 2024

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 10, 2024

The Chefs' Warehouse Looks Appetizing After Strong Q4 Results

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Provides Sales Guidance for the Year 2024

Legion Partners Issues Letter to The Chefs’ Warehouse's Shareholders Calling for Board Change

Legion Partners Issues Letter to The Chefs’ Warehouse Shareholders

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 14, 2024

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CHEF) announces an Equity Buyback for $100 million worth of its shares.

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 01, 2023

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for Full Year 2023

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 15, 2023

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CHEF) acquired Chef Middle East LLC from Gulf Capital Pvt. JSC.

The Chefs' Warehouse to Seek M&A

Third quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Chefs' Warehouse: Eyeing Up A Long Entry (Technical Analysis)

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 26, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

At US$32.72, Is It Time To Put The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHEF) On Your Watch List?

Here's Why Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Chefs' Warehouse: Financial Turnaround Is Coming

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Raises Full Year Financial Guidance for Year 2022

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 27, 2022

Gen. Counsel notifies of intention to sell stock

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 45%

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Price target increased to US$43.29

Chefs' Warehouse: Wait Until A New Trend Is Confirmed

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of 2022

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Does Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q1, 2022 Results on Apr 27, 2022

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 13, 2022

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 13, 2022

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Appoints John Pappas as Chief Operating Officer

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Provides Sales Guidance for the Full Year 2022

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CHEF) acquired Substantially all of the assets of Capital Seaboard Inc.

Would Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Founder recently sold US$11m worth of stock

CFO & Assistant Secretary notifies of intention to sell stock

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.094 (vs US$0.32 loss in 3Q 2020)

Analysts Just Made A Notable Upgrade To Their The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHEF) Forecasts

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.03 (vs US$0.57 loss in 2Q 2020)

We Think Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Has A Fair Chunk Of Debt

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CHEF) acquired All the Assets of Nicola Imports, LLC.

Chef's Warehouse acquires Nicola Imports to boost presence in Arizona and Colorado

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CHEF) acquired Substantially All of the Assets of M.F. Foley Company Inc.

The Chef's Warehouse acquires Foley Fish to boost seafood category

If You Had Bought Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Stock A Year Ago, You Could Pocket A 97% Gain Today

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. announced that it expects to receive $50 million in funding

New 90-day high: US$31.36

Analysts update estimates

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$2.46 loss per share (vs US$0.82 profit in FY 2019)

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

Price target raised to US$28.00

New 90-day high: US$30.07

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Feb 10, 2021

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) Is Carrying A Fair Bit Of Debt

Chefs' Warehouse Is Overvalued Given Economic Conditions

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Announces the Election of Two New Board Members, Effective as of January 1, 2021

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Not to Provide Guidance for 2020

The Chefs' Warehouse EPS misses by $0.06, misses on revenue

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Oct 28, 2020

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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