Chefs' Warehouse price to free cash flow CHEF

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 34.3×
10-year median: 32.1×
Against its 10-year history: 56th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.8× to 496×
Peer median: 14.5×

Chefs' Warehouse's price to free cash flow is 34.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 32.1×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.8× in Mar 2020 to 496× in May 2021.

The median for 10 food Distribution stocks of a similar size is 14.5×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 32.1×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	34.3×	26.7×	48.8×
2025	29.8×	19.1×	44.4×
2024	33.1×	27.1×	360×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	417×	14.5×	496×
2020	14.7×	5.8×	95.3×
2019	92.8×	31.9×	94.4×
2018	31.4×	20.1×	66.6×
2017	21.0×	10.3×	21.3×
2016	14.7×	10.8×	32.9×
2015	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2014	74.6×	73.6×	95.0×
2013	94.7×	19.9×	94.7×
2012	19.9×	18.1×	28.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Food Distribution nearest Chefs' Warehouse's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
CHEFChefs' Warehouse	34.3×
SEBSeaboard	n/m
ASHAshland	13.4×
CENTCentral Garden & Pet	8.2×
UNFIUnited Natural Foods	8.8×
HWKNHawkins	30.1×
ANDEAndersons	38.8×
DPZDominos Pizza	16.2×
PFGCPerformance Food	14.5×
UVVUniversal	6.0×
USFDUS Foods	23.1×
Peer median	14.5×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.