CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, INC. vs US FOODS HOLDING CORP., two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHEF and USFD diverge most: on revenue growth, CHEF reads +10.0% and USFD reads +3.7%; on fcf yield, CHEF reads 1.8% and USFD reads 3.8%. 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 USFD'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 | USFD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $95.73 | $100.93 |
| Market cap | $4.4B | $22.5B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +23.8% |
| P/E | 52.3 | 34.0 |
| P/B | 7.25 | 5.19 |
| P/S | 1.04 | 0.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.6 | 16.6 |
| Revenue growth | +10.0% | +3.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 17.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 15.6% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 4.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | 10.4% |
| FCF yield | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.23 | 1.16 |
| Current ratio | 2.18 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.56 | 4.55 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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