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.
Where CHEF and PFGC diverge most: on p/s, CHEF reads 1.11 and PFGC reads 0.27; on net margin, CHEF reads 1.9% and PFGC reads 0.5%. 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 PFGC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHEF | PFGC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $115.47 | $114.39 |
| Market cap | $4.7B | $18.0B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +18.2% |
| P/E | 63.1 | — |
| P/B | 7.74 | 3.80 |
| P/S | 1.11 | 0.27 |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.3 | 14.2 |
| 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 | 1.7% | 5.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.23 | 1.08 |
| Current ratio | 2.18 | 1.52 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.69 | 4.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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