Chefs' Warehouse Ownership | Who Owns Chefs' Warehouse?

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Chefs' Warehouse Ownership Summary

Chefs' Warehouse is owned by 70.57% institutional investors, 12.56% insiders, and 16.87% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.23% of CHEF shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.31% of its assets in Chefs' Warehouse shares.

CHEF Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Chefs' Warehouse	70.57%	12.56%	16.87%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	43.74%	14.93%	41.34%
Industry	Food Distribution Stocks	56.09%	15.48%	28.43%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	5.38M	14.23%	$210.48M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	5.32M	14.06%	$262.57M
Vanguard group	2.69M	7.10%	$132.53M
Greenhouse funds lllp	2.45M	6.48%	$120.98M
Wellington management group llp	2.45M	6.46%	$120.62M
Alliancebernstein	2.01M	5.31%	$99.17M
Jpmorgan chase	1.77M	4.68%	$87.37M
State street	1.43M	3.75%	$70.36M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.21M	3.19%	$59.66M
Morgan stanley	1.04M	2.76%	$40.79M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Greenhouse funds lllp	2.45M	5.05%	$120.98M
Pacific global investment management	56.33K	3.57%	$2.78M
Perry creek capital lp	71.10K	1.82%	$3.51M
Penn capital management company	300.49K	1.45%	$14.82M
Kennedy capital management	754.64K	0.83%	$37.22M
Aristotle capital boston	308.64K	0.56%	$15.22M
Cercano management	374.71K	0.47%	$18.48M
Granahan investment management	189.28K	0.39%	$9.34M
Yorktown management & research	7.05K	0.33%	$347.71K
Timessquare capital management	395.24K	0.28%	$19.49M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	2.45M	0.02%	1.61M
Pictet asset management sa	413.10K	0.02%	413.10K
Timessquare capital management	395.24K	0.28%	395.24K
Cercano management	374.71K	0.47%	374.71K
Bank of new york mellon	512.83K	0.00%	278.30K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Legion partners asset management	-	-	-1.05M
Elequin securities	-	-	-330.96K
Alliancebernstein	2.01M	0.03%	-254.53K
Granahan investment management	189.28K	0.39%	-219.90K
Point72 asset management	-	-	-210.01K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Pictet asset management sa	413.10K	0.02%	413.10K	$20.37M
Timessquare capital management	395.24K	0.28%	395.24K	$19.49M
Cercano management	374.71K	0.47%	374.71K	$18.48M
Raymond james financial	223.24K	0.00%	223.24K	$11.01M
Macquarie group	198.50K	0.01%	198.50K	$9.79M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-3.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-7.00
Quest partners	-18.00
Innealta capital	-20.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-42.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	134	-34.63%	26,852,412	-24.82%	70	0.79%	64	-30.43%	36	-50.00%
Sep 30, 2024	205	8.47%	35,716,873	-1.90%	94	1.02%	93	12.05%	71	-2.74%
Jun 30, 2024	185	-2.12%	36,304,883	-3.12%	95	0.97%	80	-4.76%	73	19.67%
Mar 31, 2024	189	11.83%	37,472,521	3.37%	99	1.59%	84	2.44%	61	5.17%
Dec 31, 2023	169	-5.59%	36,249,466	3.88%	79	0.92%	82	-11.83%	58	1.75%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	2.18M	5.31%	1.38K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.13M	2.81%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.13M	2.75%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	934.26K	2.28%	-8.09K
AB Small Cap Growth A	932.12K	2.27%	-108.85K
Federated Hermes Kaufmann Small Cap A	801.20K	2.03%	-
Federated Hermes Kaufmann Small Cap Grow	801.20K	2.03%	-
JPMorgan Small Cap Growth A	778.70K	1.90%	-68.03K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	528.14K	1.31%	-3.19K
CT (Lux) American Smaller Com 9U USD	493.26K	1.20%	94.00K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 10, 2025	Pappas John	Vice Chairman and COO	Sell	$1.02M
Mar 10, 2025	Pappas John	Vice Chairman and COO	Sell	$4.40M
Mar 06, 2025	Leddy James	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$248.00K
Feb 28, 2025	Cugine Joseph M.	-	Sell	$293.94K
Feb 28, 2025	Cugine Joseph M.	-	Sell	$951.01K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q1	-	7
2024 Q4	-	3
2024 Q3	-	2
2024 Q2	-	1
2024 Q1	-	-

CHEF Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Chefs' Warehouse?

Chefs' Warehouse shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 70.57%, followed by 12.56% insiders and 16.87% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Chefs' Warehouse's industry, Food Distribution Stocks , is 56.09%, which Chefs' Warehouse exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Chefs' Warehouse?

Chefs' Warehouse’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (5.38M shares, 14.23%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (5.32M shares, 14.06%), and Vanguard group (2.69M shares, 7.10%). Together, they hold 35.39% of Chefs' Warehouse’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Chefs' Warehouse?

Yes, BlackRock owns 14.23% of Chefs' Warehouse, totaling 5.38M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 210.48M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -93.723K shares, a -1.71% change.

Who is Chefs' Warehouse’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Greenhouse funds lllp is Chefs' Warehouse’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 5.05% of its assets in 2.45M Chefs' Warehouse shares, valued at 120.98M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Chefs' Warehouse shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Chefs' Warehouse shares, with 5.31% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.18M Chefs' Warehouse shares.

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