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CHEF — Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

US Consumer Staples Food distribution equity mkt cap 4.4B
110.61 +1.63% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 54.60 · high 115.35

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Performance

1 day+1.63%
1 week+1.40%
1 month+17.07%
3 months+41.66%
6 months+57.97%
Year to date+77.29%
1 year+78.66%
3 years+282.73%
5 years+272.05%

Technicals

RSI 1448.3
vs 50-day avg+9.83%
vs 200-day avg+47.71%
Volatility 1y38.5%
Max drawdown 1y-20.48%
Avg volume 30d700.2K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on CHEF

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-18Cluster sale: three or more insiders
insider
-0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-29Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-29Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-15Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-11Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-14Pappas Christopher
President and CEO
Open-market sale50.0K110.475.5M
2026-08-14Pappas Christopher
President and CEO
Open-market sale50.0K109.755.5M
2026-08-14Aldous Alexandros
General Counsel
Open-market sale9.5K110.931.1M
2026-08-14Aldous Alexandros
General Counsel
Open-market sale8.4K112.16938.1K
2026-08-14Aldous Alexandros
General Counsel
Open-market sale6.2K113.19698.6K
2026-08-14Aldous Alexandros
General Counsel
Open-market sale4.2K108.78458.3K
2026-08-14Aldous Alexandros
General Counsel
Open-market sale3.4K110.16372.3K
2026-08-14Aldous Alexandros
General Counsel
Open-market sale3.1K107.65329.1K
2026-08-14Polychroni Christina
Chief Human Resources Officer
Open-market sale2.8K112.00308.2K
2026-08-14Aldous Alexandros
General Counsel
Open-market sale300106.9332.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.344.1M5.8M
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP200.3M3.4M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO110.9M1.9M
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC101.7M1.7M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC96.2M1.6M
STATE STREET CORP83.9M1.4M
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.76.8M1.2M
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.76.6M1.3M
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/70.0M1.2M
Invesco Ltd.61.5M1.0M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d49.7% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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