Chefs' Warehouse vs AMCON Distributing
CHEF and DIT side by side, both in groceries and related products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CHEF and DIT compare
Chefs' Warehouse is the larger company, worth 77 times as much as AMCON Distributing ($4.7B against $60.7M).
On earnings, AMCON Distributing is cheaper: it trades at 24.7× trailing earnings, against 46.3× for Chefs' Warehouse.
Chefs' Warehouse grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.5% versus 10.9% for AMCON Distributing).
Chefs' Warehouse keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.3% compared with 0.08% at AMCON Distributing.
AMCON Distributing pays a dividend yielding 0.58%; Chefs' Warehouse does not pay one.
Chefs' Warehouse scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 12 for AMCON Distributing), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CHEF | DIT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.7B | $60.7M |
| Share price | $107.30 | $62.24 |
| Change, 1 year | 71.4% | −20.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 229% | −44.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.20 | 0.15 |
| Employees | 5,156 | 1,465 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 46.3× | 24.7× (better) |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.0× (better) |
| P/B | 6.8× | 0.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.2× | 3.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 25.7× | – |
| PEG | 1.44 | – |
| FCF yield | 3.9% (better) | −22.5% |
| Fair value | $74.78 | $218.47 |
| Margin of safety | −43.5% | 71.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.5% (better) | 10.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 30.1% (better) | 13.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 37.3% | 315% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 34.9% | 306% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −32.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 24.7% (better) | 6.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% (better) | 0.44% |
| Net margin | 2.3% (better) | 0.08% |
| FCF margin | 4.0% (better) | −0.44% |
| Return on equity | 16.2% (better) | 2.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% (better) | 6.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.06 | 0.09 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.28 | 0.44 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 4.8× (better) | 1.4× |
| Current ratio | 2.21 | 2.34 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.97 | 8.67 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.58% |
| Payout ratio | – | 27.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −29.4% |
| Buyback yield | 0.21% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.21% | 0.58% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.5% | 10.8% |
| Held by insiders | 8.6% | 75.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$34.4M | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.0% | 0.41% |
Go deeper
- CHEF stock overview
- CHEF income statement
- CHEF valuation and score
- DIT stock overview
- DIT income statement
- DIT valuation and score
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