CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, INC. vs KROGER CO, two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHEF and KR diverge most: on revenue growth, CHEF reads +10.0% and KR reads +1.1%; on fcf yield, CHEF reads 1.7% and KR reads 8.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CHEF's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What KR's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHEF | KR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $115.47 | $57.70 |
| Market cap | $4.7B | $35.5B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -0.6% |
| P/E | 63.1 | — |
| P/B | 7.74 | 5.48 |
| P/S | 1.11 | 0.24 |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.3 | 9.3 |
| Revenue growth | +10.0% | +1.1% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 0.7% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 16.3% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 2.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | 6.7% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 8.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.23 | 2.51 |
| Current ratio | 2.18 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.69 | 4.27 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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