Seasonality
CHEF seasonality — Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Over the last 11 years, CHEF's strongest month on average has been November (+16.1%) and its weakest March (-9.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.99% | +3.31% | 70% | +14.9% | -10.4% | 10 |
| Feb | +3.69% | +10.45% | 60% | +19.4% | -16.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -9.78% | -1.55% | 20% | +4.6% | -67.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +8.74% | +5.34% | 70% | +39.8% | -12.2% | 10 |
| May | +4.15% | +1.87% | 50% | +19.2% | -6.5% | 10 |
| Jun | +4.52% | +4.13% | 70% | +25.6% | -14.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.03% | +2.81% | 60% | +20.0% | -15.1% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.43% | +3.76% | 60% | +28.4% | -21.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.27% | -1.04% | 40% | +23.6% | -25.8% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.65% | -6.00% | 40% | +26.4% | -17.8% | 10 |
| Nov | +16.12% | +7.33% | 89% | +70.5% | -10.9% | 9 |
| Dec | +4.00% | +7.17% | 80% | +22.0% | -16.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CHEF
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 | 13.5 | -16.7 | 30.5 | -1.4 | 25.6 | 20.0 | -2.5 | -0.3 | -7.1 | -0.4 | +66.5% | |
| 2025 | 9.2 | 16.2 | -13.0 | 4.6 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 7.4 | -7.9 | -7.6 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1.6 | +26.4% |
| 2024 | 8.1 | 19.4 | -0.9 | -12.2 | 19.2 | -0.8 | 6.3 | 3.0 | -1.9 | -5.0 | 12.0 | 10.3 | +67.6% |
| 2023 | 14.9 | -14.9 | 4.6 | -2.3 | -6.5 | 14.9 | 1.6 | -21.5 | -25.8 | -10.2 | 41.4 | 9.4 | -11.6% |
| 2022 | -10.4 | 10.1 | -0.8 | 12.3 | -2.4 | 8.8 | -11.0 | -3.7 | -13.1 | 26.4 | 6.1 | -14.3 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 14.1 | -2.2 | 5.8 | -4.6 | 3.5 | -9.1 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 7.1 | -10.9 | 7.2 | +29.6% |
| 2020 | -4.5 | -15.9 | -67.1 | 39.8 | 5.1 | -8.2 | -15.1 | 28.4 | -1.8 | -7.0 | 70.5 | 11.4 | -32.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -3.0 | 5.2 | -3.1 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 4.5 | -17.8 | 7.3 | 7.2 | +19.2% |
| 2018 | -0.7 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 12.2 | 4.8 | -5.4 | 9.1 | 23.6 | -7.5 | 13.3 | -16.1 | +56.0% |
| 2017 | 5.7 | -16.2 | -0.7 | -1.8 | 11.0 | -14.2 | 11.5 | 19.0 | 11.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | +29.8% |
| 2016 | 22.0 |