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The Chefs' Warehouse (The Chefs' Warehouse) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.94% (As of Dec. 2023)
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The Chefs' Warehouse's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,044 Mil. The Chefs' Warehouse's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $101 Mil. The Chefs' Warehouse's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.94%.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Chefs' Warehouse's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

CHEF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.16   Med: 4.28   Max: 9.1
Current: 4.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Chefs' Warehouse was 9.10%. The lowest was -8.16%. And the median was 4.28%.

CHEF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
63.64% of 319 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 6.33 vs CHEF: 4.66

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. The Chefs' Warehouse's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


The Chefs' Warehouse Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Chefs' Warehouse's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Chefs' Warehouse Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.29 -7.93 0.64 4.37 4.94

The Chefs' Warehouse Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.37 4.32 3.91 5.44 4.94

Competitive Comparison

For the Food Distribution subindustry, The Chefs' Warehouse's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Chefs' Warehouse Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The Chefs' Warehouse's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Chefs' Warehouse's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



The Chefs' Warehouse Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

The Chefs' Warehouses Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=100.943/2043.753494
=4.94 %

The Chefs' Warehouse's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $101 Mil.



The Chefs' Warehouse  (NAS:CHEF) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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The Chefs' Warehouse (The Chefs' Warehouse) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, CT, USA, 06877
The Chefs' Warehouse Inc is a specialty food distributor in major metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada. The company's product portfolio is primarily comprised of imported and local specialty food products such as cheese, cooking oils, chocolates, dried food, baking products, meats, and other food products. The Chefs' Warehouse operates via one reporting segment called Food Product Distribution. Operations are concentrated on the east, mid and west coasts of the U.S. The company provides service primarily to restaurants, clubs, hotels, caterers, schools, bakeries, casinos and speciality food stores.
Executives
Tim Mccauley officer: Chief Accounting Officer 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Joseph M. Cugine director 16859 CAMINETTO COURT, NAPLES, NAPLES FL 34110
Katherine Oliver director 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Christina Polychroni officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE, 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Alexandros Aldous officer: General Counsel 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
James Leddy officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE INC., 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Christopher Pappas director, officer: President and CEO 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Patricia Lecouras officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
John Pappas director, officer: Vice Chairman 100 EAST RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Aylwin B Lewis director 111 N. CANAL, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606
Ivy Brown director 17324 E HIDDEN GREEN CT, RIO VERDE AZ 85263
John A Couri director 63 COPPS HILL RD, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
David E. Schreibman director 1852 N. FREMONT STREET, CHICAGO IL 60614
Christina Carroll director 16529 ADLON ROAD, ENCINO CA 91436
John D Austin officer: Chief Financial Officer