The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-20), The Chefs' Warehouse's share price is $32.42. The Chefs' Warehouse's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.46. Hence, The Chefs' Warehouse's PB Ratio of today is 2.83.
The historical rank and industry rank for The Chefs' Warehouse's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CHEF'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5 Med: 3.2 Max: 10.5
Current: 2.83
During the past 13 years, The Chefs' Warehouse's highest PB Ratio was 10.50. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 3.20.
CHEF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 69.13% of 298
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.665
vs CHEF: 2.83
During the past 12 months, The Chefs' Warehouse's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of The Chefs' Warehouse was 73.10% per year. The lowest was -3.50% per year. And the median was 12.35% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
The Chefs' Warehouse PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Chefs' Warehouse's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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The Chefs' Warehouse Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
PB Ratio
3.44
2.78
3.60
3.20
2.57
The Chefs' Warehouse Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
PB Ratio
3.20
3.32
3.35
1.93
2.57
Competitive Comparison
For the Food Distribution subindustry, The Chefs' Warehouse's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
The Chefs' Warehouse PB Ratio Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The Chefs' Warehouse's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Chefs' Warehouse's PB Ratio falls into.
The Chefs' Warehouse PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
The Chefs' Warehouse's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The Chefs' Warehouse (NAS:CHEF) PB Ratio Explanation
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
The Chefs' Warehouse PB Ratio Related Terms
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The Chefs' Warehouse (The Chefs' Warehouse) Business Description
The Chefs' Warehouse Inc is a specialty food distributor in major metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada. The company's product portfolio is primarily comprised of imported and local specialty food products such as cheese, cooking oils, chocolates, dried food, baking products, meats, and other food products. The Chefs' Warehouse operates via one reporting segment called Food Product Distribution. Operations are concentrated on the east, mid and west coasts of the U.S. The company provides service primarily to restaurants, clubs, hotels, caterers, schools, bakeries, casinos and speciality food stores.
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