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CHEF CHEFS' WAREHOUSE INC/THE

2026Q2 · CUSIP 163086101 · Sector: Consumer

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
280
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+32
Last quarter 248 → now 280
How unusual is that
Top 10%
Stronger buying than 90% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

280 funds held CHEF at the end of 2026Q2, up 32 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 90.3% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $4.3B(YoY +10.0%), the P/E is 62.8x, return on equity is 13.1%. CHEF has had 10 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +2.3% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Consumer sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=89 2013Q4: holders=84 2014Q1: holders=83 2014Q2: holders=86 2014Q3: holders=87 2014Q4: holders=88 2015Q1: holders=79 2015Q2: holders=79 2015Q3: holders=84 2015Q4: holders=86 2016Q1: holders=85 2016Q2: holders=83 2016Q3: holders=78 2016Q4: holders=82 2017Q1: holders=88 2017Q2: holders=83 2017Q3: holders=88 2017Q4: holders=100 2018Q1: holders=118 2018Q2: holders=129 2018Q3: holders=142 2018Q4: holders=169 2019Q1: holders=162 2019Q2: holders=156 2019Q3: holders=159 2019Q4: holders=152 2020Q1: holders=127 2020Q2: holders=139 2020Q3: holders=137 2020Q4: holders=158 2021Q1: holders=156 2021Q2: holders=160 2021Q3: holders=160 2021Q4: holders=163 2022Q1: holders=170 2022Q2: holders=189 2022Q3: holders=166 2022Q4: holders=187 2023Q1: holders=177 2023Q2: holders=165 2023Q3: holders=164 2023Q4: holders=155 2024Q1: holders=171 2024Q2: holders=181 2024Q3: holders=195 2024Q4: holders=187 2025Q1: holders=222 2025Q2: holders=227 2025Q3: holders=250 2025Q4: holders=244 2026Q1: holders=248 2026Q2: holders=280 -35 -17.5 +0 +17.5 +35 70182294 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 10 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 10%
2025Q3 Top 20% +20.4% +34.0%
2025Q1 Top 5% -5.2% -10.9%
2024Q1 Top 20% +0.7% +5.3%
2022Q4 Top 20% -6.2% -20.4%
2022Q2 Top 10% +8.6% +5.9%
2018Q4 Top 10% +1.9% +11.8%
2018Q3 Top 20% -12.2% -6.7%
2018Q1 Top 20% +2.1% +27.1%
2013Q3 Top 10% -4.1% -25.7%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
154
Change in large funds
+19
Total value they hold
$3.8B
Funds buying for the first time
69
Funds that sold out entirely
37
Price change that quarter
+44.2%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
4
Funds holding calls (bullish)
3

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
62.8
EPS (TTM)
$1.83
EPS YoY
+20.4%
Revenue (TTM)
$4.3B
Revenue YoY
+10.0%
Net margin
1.9%
ROE
13.1%
Debt ratio
69.4%
FCF (TTM)
$81M
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-06-24: EPS 0.42 2022-09-23: EPS 0.21 2022-12-30: EPS 0.06 2023-03-31: EPS 0.04 2023-06-30: EPS 0.25 2023-09-29: EPS 0.19 2023-12-29: EPS 0.40 2024-03-29: EPS 0.05 2024-06-28: EPS 0.37 2024-09-27: EPS 0.34 2024-12-27: EPS 0.56 2025-03-28: EPS 0.25 2025-06-27: EPS 0.49 2025-09-26: EPS 0.44 2025-12-26: EPS 0.50 2026-03-27: EPS 0.40 0B 0.6B 1.1B $B 0.00 0.31 0.62 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 42 32 43 54 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-23M21M66M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $31M (2026-03-27)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-03-27 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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