CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, INC. vs Performance Food Group Company, two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
The Chefs' Warehouse hauls specialty ingredients to white-tablecloth kitchens; Performance Food Group serves a broader base of restaurants and institutions. Both are foodservice distributors, but the market prices them differently. Chefs' Warehouse trades at 52.41 times earnings, rich for the trade, on the promise of its high-end niche. PFGC keeps a thinner 0.49% margin against Chefs' 1.87%, reflecting the premium goods Chefs' moves. Chefs' earns 13.05% on equity, PFGC 6.96%. PFGC throws off more free cash, 5.86% versus Chefs' 1.84%, and trades at a far gentler 3.67 times book against 7.26. Both carry moderate debt near 1.1 to 1.2 debt-to-equity. Similar model, very different price tags.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CHEF | PFGC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $95.73 | $113.30 |
| Market cap | $4.4B | $17.8B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +23.9% |
| P/E | 52.3 | — |
| P/B | 7.25 | 3.77 |
| P/S | 1.04 | 0.27 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.6 | 14.1 |
| Revenue growth | +10.0% | +8.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 11.9% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 0.9% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 7.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 1.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | 6.3% |
| FCF yield | 1.8% | 5.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.23 | 1.08 |
| Current ratio | 2.18 | 1.52 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.56 | 4.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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