The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Chefs’ Warehouse Inc shares valued at $1,366,420 were sold by Leddy James on Nov 04 ’25. At $62.11 per share, Leddy James sold 22,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 125,892 shares worth approximately $7.49 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, James Leddy purchased 22,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,366,200 in proceeds.
Before that, McCauley Tim had sold 17,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,138,675, the Chief Accounting Officer traded Chefs’ Warehouse Inc shares for $65.07 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 17,500 shares, worth approximately $3.1 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Morgan Stanley on October 27, 2025, Chefs’ Warehouse Inc [CHEF] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $75. Analysts at Piper Sandler started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late August. As of September 25, 2023, UBS has initiated its “Buy” rating for CHEF. Earlier on December 21, 2022, Jefferies upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for CHEF stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing CHEF Stock Performance
On last trading session, Chefs’ Warehouse Inc [NASDAQ: CHEF] plunged -3.64% to $59.5. The stock’s lowest price that day was $59.02, but it reached a high of $61.9 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -6.53%. Over the course of the year, Chefs’ Warehouse Inc shares have jumped approximately 38.50%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $68.94 on 08/01/25 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 58.38, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 57.26. In the upper region, resistance lies at 61.26. The next price resistance is at 63.02. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.27 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 2025-10-31 jumping by 0.3 million shares to 4.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 4.01 million shares. A jump of 7.04% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.7 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 8.7.
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In terms of Chefs’ Warehouse Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 75 in the next 12 months, up nearly 21.46% from the previous closing price of $61.75. Analysts anticipate Chefs’ Warehouse Inc stock to reach 80 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 66. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Chefs’ Warehouse Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 17, 2021, The Benchmark Company assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $41.
