Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Chefs’ Warehouse Inc shares valued at $230,265 were purchased by OLIVER KATHERINE on May 15 ’25. At $64.23 per share, OLIVER KATHERINE acquired 3,585 shares.
Also, Pappas John sold 100,000 shares, netting a total of over 5,419,177 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $54.19 each, the insider now holds 754,930 shares.
Before that, Leddy James had sold 4,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $248,000, the Chief Financial Officer traded Chefs’ Warehouse Inc shares for $62.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,000 shares, worth approximately $9.46 million.
As published in their initiating research note from UBS on September 25, 2023, Chefs’ Warehouse Inc [CHEF] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $37. Analysts at Jefferies upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late December. As of December 17, 2021, The Benchmark Company has initiated its “Buy” rating for CHEF. Earlier on September 30, 2021, Wolfe Research initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for CHEF stock.
Analyzing CHEF Stock Performance
On last trading session, Chefs’ Warehouse Inc [NASDAQ: CHEF] rose 0.74% to $63.94. The stock’s lowest price that day was $63.02, but it reached a high of $64.38 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.40%. Over the course of the year, Chefs’ Warehouse Inc shares have jumped approximately 63.20%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $66.51 on 02/18/25 and a 52-week low of $45.00 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Chefs’ Warehouse Inc (CHEF)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 63.18, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 62.41. In the upper region, resistance lies at 64.55. The next price resistance is at 65.15. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.92 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Chefs’ Warehouse Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Chefs’ Warehouse Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 0.23 million shares to 4.06 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 3.82 million shares. A jump of 5.72% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 10.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 10.14.
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In terms of Chefs’ Warehouse Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 50.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -20.43% from the previous closing price of $63.47. Analysts anticipate Chefs’ Warehouse Inc stock to reach 55 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 48. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Chefs’ Warehouse Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 05, 2021, Lake Street assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $38.