Chefs' Warehouse Inc vs Sysco Corp

Chefs' Warehouse Inc (CHEF) is overvalued and Sysco Corp (SYY) is fairly valued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. SYY is the closer of the two: -4%, against -114% for CHEF.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

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

Sysco Corp (SYY)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $75.42; the price of $78.67 is 4% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 58/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricCHEFSYY
VerdictOvervaluedFairly valued
Price$108.36$78.67
Intrinsic value$50.69$75.42
Margin of safety-114%-4%
Leak Score14/100 (3/12)58/100 (10/12)
Market cap$4.4B$38.7B
Revenue growth, 5 years30.1%10.5%
Operating margin4.1%4.2%
Net margin2.1%2.1%
Return on equity15.3%78.1%
Debt to equity1.465.61
P/E51.5x21.5x
Forward P/E35.2x14.6x
P/B6.8x14.1x
Dividend yield2.8%

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