Chefs' Warehouse vs Performance Food
CHEF and PFGC 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 PFGC compare
Performance Food is the larger company, worth 3.7 times as much as Chefs' Warehouse ($15.6B against $4.3B).
On earnings, Performance Food is cheaper: it trades at 43.3× trailing earnings, against 49.9× for Chefs' Warehouse.
Chefs' Warehouse grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.2% versus 7.2% for Performance Food).
Chefs' Warehouse keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.1% compared with 0.53% at Performance Food.
Chefs' Warehouse scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 9 for Performance Food), 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 | PFGC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.3B | $15.6B |
| Share price | $104.23 | $99.05 |
| Change, 1 year | 67.2% | 0.70% |
| Change, 5 years | 184% | 104% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.20 | 0.97 |
| Employees | 5,156 | 44K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 49.9× | 43.3× (better) |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.2× (better) |
| P/B | 6.6× | 3.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.8× | 12.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 33.8× | 15.2× (better) |
| PEG | 1.56 | – |
| FCF yield | 3.0% | 6.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $72.28 | $86.47 |
| Margin of safety | −44.2% | −14.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.2% (better) | 7.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 30.1% (better) | 17.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 32.2% (better) | 5.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 29.0% (better) | 5.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 50.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 24.5% (better) | 11.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.0% (better) | 1.3% |
| Net margin | 2.1% (better) | 0.53% |
| FCF margin | 2.9% (better) | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | 15.3% (better) | 7.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.0% (better) | 6.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.12 | 1.02 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.54 (better) | 2.89 |
| Interest coverage | 4.3× (better) | 2.1× |
| Current ratio | 2.15 (better) | 1.51 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.78 (better) | 4.74 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.35% (better) | 0.01% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.35% (better) | 0.01% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.5% | 101% |
| Held by insiders | 9.2% | 2.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$35.7M | −$28.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.9% | 3.2% |
Go deeper
- CHEF stock overview
- CHEF income statement
- CHEF valuation and score
- PFGC stock overview
- PFGC income statement
- PFGC valuation and score
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