Chefs' Warehouse vs United Natural Foods
CHEF and UNFI 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 UNFI compare
Chefs' Warehouse is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as United Natural Foods ($4.7B against $2.9B).
On earnings, United Natural Foods is cheaper: it trades at 35.7× trailing earnings, against 46.3× for Chefs' Warehouse.
Chefs' Warehouse grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.5% versus −2.0% for United Natural Foods).
Chefs' Warehouse keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.3% compared with 0.27% at United Natural Foods.
Chefs' Warehouse scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 9 for United Natural Foods), 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 | UNFI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.7B | $2.9B |
| Share price | $107.30 | $47.84 |
| Change, 1 year | 71.4% | 21.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 229% | −4.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.20 | 1.28 |
| Employees | 5,156 | 23K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 46.3× | 35.7× (better) |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | 6.8× | 1.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.2× | 5.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 25.7× | 8.9× (better) |
| PEG | 1.44 | 0.72 (better) |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 11.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $74.78 | $45.02 |
| Margin of safety | −43.5% | −6.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.5% (better) | −2.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 30.1% (better) | 2.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 37.3% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 34.9% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −11.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 24.7% (better) | 13.5% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% (better) | 0.68% |
| Net margin | 2.3% (better) | 0.27% |
| FCF margin | 4.0% (better) | 1.0% |
| Return on equity | 16.2% (better) | 5.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% (better) | 7.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.06 | 0.00 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.28 (better) | −0.07 |
| Interest coverage | 4.8× (better) | 1.7× |
| Current ratio | 2.21 (better) | 1.29 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.97 | 5.13 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.21% | 1.7% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.21% | 1.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.5% | 94.7% |
| Held by insiders | 8.6% | 5.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$34.4M | −$661K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.0% | 5.6% |
Go deeper
- CHEF stock overview
- CHEF income statement
- CHEF valuation and score
- UNFI stock overview
- UNFI income statement
- UNFI valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.