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$58.15 +0.39 (+0.68%)
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CHEF vs. VITL, PFGC, UTZ, UNFI, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, CPB, CAG, and LW

Should you be buying Chefs' Warehouse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chefs' Warehouse include Vital Farms (VITL), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Utz Brands (UTZ), United Natural Foods (UNFI), Andersons (ANDE), SpartanNash (SPTN), Sysco (SYY), Campbell's (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Lamb Weston (LW).

Chefs' Warehouse vs. Its Competitors

Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

In the previous week, Vital Farms had 5 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vital Farms and 4 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Vital Farms' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.79 indicating that Vital Farms is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vital Farms
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chefs' Warehouse
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vital Farms has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vital Farms has a net margin of 7.84% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Vital Farms' return on equity of 18.40% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vital Farms7.84% 18.40% 13.65%
Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90%

Chefs' Warehouse has higher revenue and earnings than Vital Farms. Chefs' Warehouse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Farms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vital Farms$606.31M3.01$53.39M$1.1236.47
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.62$55.48M$1.6036.34

98.6% of Vital Farms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of Vital Farms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vital Farms presently has a consensus target price of $49.80, suggesting a potential upside of 21.91%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.81%. Given Vital Farms' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Vital Farms is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vital Farms
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Chefs' Warehouse
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Vital Farms beats Chefs' Warehouse on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CHEF vs. The Competition

MetricChefs' WarehouseFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.35B$8.10B$16.02B$10.50B
Dividend YieldN/A3.88%3.27%4.81%
P/E Ratio36.3422.7117.6427.09
Price / Sales0.622.0947.20210.72
Price / Cash17.9812.6514.5661.22
Price / Book4.283.827.226.52
Net Income$55.48M$395.13M$678.09M$276.75M
7 Day Performance1.84%4.88%2.05%2.00%
1 Month Performance-12.81%6.64%0.00%2.26%
1 Year Performance39.28%5.30%-0.88%35.58%

Chefs' Warehouse Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.7778 of 5 stars
$58.15
+0.7%
$69.67
+19.8%
+39.5%$2.35B$3.79B36.345,029
VITL
Vital Farms
4.3698 of 5 stars
$43.68
-2.1%
$49.80
+14.0%
+1.4%$1.99B$606.31M39.00290News Coverage
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.1881 of 5 stars
$100.37
+0.0%
$111.00
+10.6%
+21.7%$15.71B$63.30B46.2543,000News Coverage
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.7114 of 5 stars
$12.19
+1.8%
$17.07
+40.0%
-30.6%$1.69B$1.41B58.053,200
UNFI
United Natural Foods
3.3758 of 5 stars
$42.47
-0.1%
$36.00
-15.2%
+90.6%$2.58B$31.78B-21.7825,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ANDE
Andersons
3.9143 of 5 stars
$41.66
-0.2%
$51.67
+24.0%
-3.7%$1.43B$11.26B17.732,299
SPTN
SpartanNash
1.0688 of 5 stars
$26.90
flat
$18.45
-31.4%
N/A$910.78M$9.69B-56.0419,000
SYY
Sysco
4.8613 of 5 stars
$78.05
-0.9%
$85.85
+10.0%
+6.0%$37.69B$81.37B20.9275,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CPB
Campbell's
3.0006 of 5 stars
$29.89
-2.0%
$34.82
+16.5%
-36.6%$9.09B$10.25B14.9513,700News Coverage
Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.7435 of 5 stars
$18.49
-1.2%
$21.92
+18.5%
-38.7%$8.95B$11.61B10.5118,300Analyst Revision
LW
Lamb Weston
4.1216 of 5 stars
$64.61
+0.9%
$65.70
+1.7%
-8.4%$8.92B$6.46B30.9110,100Trending News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:CHEF) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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