Chefs' Warehouse vs Dominos Pizza
CHEF and DPZ 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 DPZ compare
Dominos Pizza is the larger company, worth 2.4 times as much as Chefs' Warehouse ($10.4B against $4.3B).
On earnings, Dominos Pizza is cheaper: it trades at 17.3× trailing earnings, against 49.9× for Chefs' Warehouse.
Chefs' Warehouse grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.2% versus 4.5% for Dominos Pizza).
Dominos Pizza keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.0% compared with 2.1% at Chefs' Warehouse.
Dominos Pizza pays a dividend yielding 2.5%; Chefs' Warehouse does not pay one.
Dominos Pizza scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 12 for Chefs' Warehouse), 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 | DPZ |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.3B | $10.4B |
| Share price | $104.23 | $313.71 |
| Change, 1 year | 67.2% | −22.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 184% | −36.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.20 | 0.77 |
| Employees | 5,156 | 10K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 49.9× | 17.3× (better) |
| P/S | 1.0× (better) | 2.0× |
| P/B | 6.6× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.8× | 13.8× (better) |
| P/FCF | 33.8× | 16.3× (better) |
| PEG | 1.56 | 1.45 (better) |
| FCF yield | 3.0% | 6.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $72.28 | $431.31 |
| Margin of safety | −44.2% | 27.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.2% (better) | 4.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 30.1% (better) | 3.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 32.2% (better) | 3.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 29.0% (better) | 6.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 7.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 40.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 19.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 12.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 2.9% | 12.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 10.0% | 110% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.12 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.54 (better) | 4.28 |
| Interest coverage | 4.3× | 5.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.15 (better) | 0.49 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.78 (better) | 2.04 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.5% |
| Payout ratio | – | 41.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 17.4% |
| Buyback yield | 0.35% | 3.7% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.35% | 6.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.5% | 111% |
| Held by insiders | 9.2% | 0.59% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$35.7M | −$14.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.9% | 7.9% |
Go deeper
- CHEF stock overview
- CHEF income statement
- CHEF valuation and score
- DPZ stock overview
- DPZ income statement
- DPZ valuation and score
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