Andersons Inc vs Chefs' Warehouse Inc

Andersons Inc (ANDE) is slightly undervalued and Chefs' Warehouse Inc (CHEF) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, ANDE trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +7%, against -114% for CHEF.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Andersons Inc (ANDE)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.8% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $71.94; the price of $66.94 is 7% below that value.

Leak Score 43/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Chefs' Warehouse Inc (CHEF)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $50.69; the price of $108.36 is 114% above that value, and 73% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricANDECHEF
VerdictSlightly undervaluedOvervalued
Price$66.94$108.36
Intrinsic value$71.94$50.69
Margin of safety+7%-114%
Leak Score43/100 (3/12)14/100 (3/12)
Market cap$2.3B$4.4B
Revenue growth, 5 years6.4%30.1%
Operating margin1.2%4.1%
Net margin1.6%2.1%
Return on equity13.2%15.3%
Debt to equity0.681.46
P/E12.9x51.5x
Forward P/E10.5x35.2x
P/B1.7x6.8x
Dividend yield1.2%

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