Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Competitors $58.15 +0.39 (+0.68%) Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$58.14 0.00 (-0.01%) As of 10/17/2025 07:26 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CHEF vs. VITL, PFGC, UTZ, UNFI, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, CPB, CAG, and LWShould 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 Performance Food Group Utz Brands United Natural Foods Andersons SpartanNash Sysco Campbell's Conagra Brands Lamb Weston 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. Does the media prefer VITL or CHEF? 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 Which has more volatility & risk, VITL or CHEF? 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. Is VITL or CHEF more profitable? 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% Which has stronger valuation and earnings, VITL or CHEF? 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 RatioVital Farms$606.31M3.01$53.39M$1.1236.47Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.62$55.48M$1.6036.34 Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of VITL or CHEF? 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. Do analysts recommend VITL or CHEF? 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) 2.92Chefs' Warehouse 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 SummaryVital Farms beats Chefs' Warehouse on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CHEF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart CHEF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChefs' WarehouseFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.35B$8.10B$16.02B$10.50BDividend YieldN/A3.88%3.27%4.81%P/E Ratio36.3422.7117.6427.09Price / Sales0.622.0947.20210.72Price / Cash17.9812.6514.5661.22Price / Book4.283.827.226.52Net Income$55.48M$395.13M$678.09M$276.75M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CHEFChefs' Warehouse3.7778 of 5 stars$58.15+0.7%$69.67+19.8%+39.5%$2.35B$3.79B36.345,029VITLVital Farms4.3698 of 5 stars$43.68-2.1%$49.80+14.0%+1.4%$1.99B$606.31M39.00290News CoveragePFGCPerformance Food Group4.1881 of 5 stars$100.37+0.0%$111.00+10.6%+21.7%$15.71B$63.30B46.2543,000News CoverageUTZUtz Brands3.7114 of 5 stars$12.19+1.8%$17.07+40.0%-30.6%$1.69B$1.41B58.053,200UNFIUnited Natural Foods3.3758 of 5 stars$42.47-0.1%$36.00-15.2%+90.6%$2.58B$31.78B-21.7825,600Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastANDEAndersons3.9143 of 5 stars$41.66-0.2%$51.67+24.0%-3.7%$1.43B$11.26B17.732,299SPTNSpartanNash1.0688 of 5 stars$26.90flat$18.45-31.4%N/A$910.78M$9.69B-56.0419,000SYYSysco4.8613 of 5 stars$78.05-0.9%$85.85+10.0%+6.0%$37.69B$81.37B20.9275,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastCPBCampbell's3.0006 of 5 stars$29.89-2.0%$34.82+16.5%-36.6%$9.09B$10.25B14.9513,700News CoveragePositive NewsCAGConagra Brands4.7435 of 5 stars$18.49-1.2%$21.92+18.5%-38.7%$8.95B$11.61B10.5118,300Analyst RevisionLWLamb Weston4.1216 of 5 stars$64.61+0.9%$65.70+1.7%-8.4%$8.92B$6.46B30.9110,100Trending NewsAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VITL Competitors PFGC Competitors UTZ Competitors UNFI Competitors ANDE Competitors SPTN Competitors SYY Competitors CPB Competitors CAG Competitors LW Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:CHEF) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuy alert: Move $1,000 before Tesla’s Optimus launchElon's $1,000,000,000,000 payday Elon Musk just made his biggest insider purchase of Tesla stock ever. 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