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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. · NASDAQ
Price: $76.54 · Annual div: $2.00/share · Frequency: quarterly · Payout ratio: 50% · Ex-div: TBD
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$10,000 in CHEF → $10.51M in 10 years · $22.35/month
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in distribution of specialty food products in the United States and Canada. The company's product portfolio includes approximately 50,000 stock-keeping units, such as specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, and pastry products. It also offers a line of center-of-the-plate products, including custom cut beef, seafood, and hormone-free poultry, as well as food products, such as cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk, and flour. The company serves menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolatiers, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty food stores. It markets its center-of-the-plate products directly to consumers through a mail and e-commerce platform. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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Real after-tax yield depends on where you live and how you hold CHEF.
| Account/Country | Tax Rate | After-tax Yield | Real Yield | $10K Annual Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Roth IRA / 401k | 0% | 2.61% | -0.19% | $261 / yr |
| 🇺🇸 US Taxable (15%) ✓ | 15% | 2.22% | -0.58% | $222 / yr |
| 🇺🇸 US Taxable (20%) | 20% | 2.09% | -0.71% | $209 / yr |
| 🇬🇧 UK ISA | 0% | 2.61% | -0.19% | $261 / yr |
| 🇬🇧 UK Taxable | 8.75% | 2.38% | -0.42% | $238 / yr |
| 🇨🇦 TFSA | 0% | 2.61% | -0.19% | $261 / yr |
| 🇨🇦 CA Taxable | 25% | 1.96% | -0.84% | $196 / yr |
| 🇦🇺 Super (pension) | 15% | 2.22% | -0.58% | $222 / yr |
| 🇦🇺 AU Taxable | 30% | 1.83% | -0.97% | $183 / yr |
| 🇩🇪 DE Taxable | 26.375% | 1.92% | -0.88% | $192 / yr |
| 🇫🇷 FR Taxable | 30% | 1.83% | -0.97% | $183 / yr |
Real yield = after-tax yield minus US CPI of 2.8%. 12-month CPI (US BLS via FMP economic-indicators). Click any row to select. US withholding tax (30%, reducible by treaty) applies to non-US residents holding US stocks in taxable accounts.
12-month CPI (US BLS via FMP economic-indicators).
Based on current dividend of $2.00/share/yr · 🇺🇸 US Taxable (15%) · static projection (no growth assumed).
CHEF pays quarterly — 4 times per year. Next ex-div: TBD.
How CHEF compares to typical Consumer Defensive averages.
Benchmarks: S&P 500 sector averages (2024–2026). Sources: Morningstar, Bloomberg, NAREIT. 5Y CAGR for CHEF sourced from FMP /financial-growth endpoint — real data, not estimates.
When executives buy their own stock, it's a signal they believe in the dividend's sustainability.
| Insider | Title | Type | Date | Shares | Price | Total Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | 2026-05-19 | 4,500 | $79.21 | $356.4K | ||
| A-Award | 2026-05-08 | 1,652 | — | — | ||
| A-Award | 2026-05-08 | 1,652 | — | — | ||
| A-Award | 2026-05-08 | 1,652 | — | — | ||
| A-Award | 2026-05-08 | 1,652 | — | — | ||
| A-Award | 2026-05-08 | 1,652 | — | — | ||
| A-Award | 2026-05-08 | 1,652 | — | — | ||
| G-Gift | 2026-05-04 | 79,950 | — | — | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-05 | 125,000 | $78.00 | $9.75M | ||
| F-InKind | 2026-03-04 | 999 | $62.52 | $62.5K |
Insider transactions sourced from SEC Form 4 filings via Financial Modeling Prep. See disclaimer.
Analyst consensus price target via FMP. Not a guarantee of future performance. Past analyst accuracy varies.
Altman Z-Score predicts bankruptcy risk. Piotroski F-Score measures financial strength across 9 criteria. High scores → lower dividend cut risk. Data via FMP financial statements.
Dividend yields, payout ratios, and financial metrics are sourced from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) and cross-referenced with SEC EDGAR filings. Data is cached and updated every 24 hours via our nightly refresh. DRIP projections are forward-looking estimates, not guarantees.
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