CHEFS WHSE INC CHEF
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 163086101
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryWholesale-Groceries, General Line
- HeadquartersRidgefield, CT
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 39.7m as of 2023-11-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $21.19. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($10.9m notional), 11 hold puts ($16.6m).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 165 |
| Q4 2022 | 186 |
| Q1 2023 | 178 |
| Q2 2023 | 165 |
| Q3 2023 | 165 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 108 | 70 |
| Q1 2023 | 86 | 98 |
| Q2 2023 | 85 | 87 |
| Q3 2023 | 89 | 81 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $17.7m | $4.0m | 0.23 |
| Q1 2023 | $10.1m | $9.5m | 0.94 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.5m | $8.4m | 5.61 |
| Q3 2023 | $10.9m | $16.6m | 1.52 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +647.3k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Added | +363.8k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC | New | +333.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +183.9k |
| Greenhouse Funds LLLP | Added | +137.5k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Added | +131.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Added | +130.5k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Added | +111.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +107.3k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +105.8k |
Biggest sellers
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -743.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -436.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -322.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Reduced | -296.1k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Sold out | -231.1k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC | Sold out | -211.9k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -177.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -167.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -164.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -119.0k |
Biggest calls
| CITIGROUP INC | New | $3.6m168.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $1.8m86.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.4m65.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.1m51.0k shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | New | $1.1m50.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $987.0k46.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $370.6k17.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $343.1k16.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $203.3k9.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $86.0k4.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| Greenhouse Funds LLLP | New | $5.3m250.0k shares |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Added | $5.1m239.7k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $2.6m124.2k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | New | $2.1m100.0k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Unchanged | $741.3k35.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $391.8k18.5k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $112.3k5.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $84.0k4.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $65.7k3.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $59.3k2.8k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 13G · institution -2.4 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 5.9% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26), AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC (4.0%, 2025-11-14)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 2 | $10.7m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $839.0k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 2 | $59.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2 | $60.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 2 | $54.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-09 | Cugine Joseph M. Director | Bought | $29.6k1.0k shares |
| 2023-08-09 | OLIVER KATHERINE Director | Bought | $24.9k855 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.3m $111.7m | Reduced -164.9k |
| Greenhouse Funds LLLP 4.43% of their portfolio | 2.6m $55.9m | Added +137.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $55.9m | Added +16.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $50.8m | Reduced -11.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $29.7m | Added +647.3k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.4m $29.6m | Added +10.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $28.8m | Reduced -35.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $27.5m | Added +107.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $27.4m | Added +183.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $26.5m | Added +10.7k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.03% of their portfolio | 951.2k $20.1m | Added +111.1k |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 895.1k $19.0m | Added +48.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 801.3k $17.0m | Added +130.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 742.1k $15.7m | Added +24.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 706.5k $15.0m | Reduced -43.7k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 616.0k $13.0m | Added +16.1k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 570.6k $12.1m | Added +105.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 507.3k $10.7m | Reduced -322.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 476.9k $10.1m | Reduced -436.5k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 408.1k $8.6m | Added +131.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 392.3k $8.3m | Added +21.5k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 378.2k $8.0m | Added +363.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 375.3k $7.9m | Reduced -185 |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 333.1k $7.1m | New |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 306.0k $6.5m | Added +7.0k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 297.7k $6.3m | Added +1.8k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 291.3k $6.2m | Reduced -296.1k |
| PERRY CREEK CAPITAL LP 2.25% of their portfolio | 277.5k $5.9m | Unchanged |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 273.6k $5.8m | Reduced -57.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 260.0k $5.5m | Added +11.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 222.9k $4.7m | Added +82.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.4k $4.4m | Reduced -167.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 188.9k $4.0m | Reduced -11.6k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.33% of their portfolio | 146.4k $3.1m | Added +4.9k |
| OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.22% of their portfolio | 138.8k $2.9m | Reduced -115.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 136.1k $2.9m | Reduced -72.5k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 106.1k $2.2m | Added +2.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.3k $2.2m | Added +564 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.5k $2.2m | Added +3.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 99.6k $2.1m | Reduced -18.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.4k $1.9m | Reduced -24.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.3k $1.7m | Added +2.6k |
| LITTLEJOHN & CO LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 77.0k $1.6m | New |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 73.8k $1.6m | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.1k $1.5m | Added +25.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.0k $1.4m | Reduced -119.0k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 62.0k $1.3m | Added +57.8k |
| Welch & Forbes LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 61.8k $1.3m | Added +49.1k |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 61.5k $1.3m | Added +41 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.7k $1.3m | Added +12.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.6k $1.2m | Reduced -7.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.9k $1.2m | Added +39.6k |
| PACIFIC GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO 0.26% of their portfolio | 55.3k $1.2m | Added +7.2k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 54.4k $1.2m | Added +8.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.2k $1.1m | Added +1.7k |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 47.7k $1.0m | Reduced -200 |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.6k $987.1k | Reduced -31.8k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.6k $924.2k | Reduced -19.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.5k $879.0k | Reduced -400 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.2k $873.5k | Reduced -2.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.1k $849.0k | Added +1.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.2k $830.3k | Reduced -3.1k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 35.6k $753.4k | Reduced -4.9k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 35.5k $751.4k | Added +23.9k |
| Caption Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 35.2k $746.6k | Added +25.6k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.06% of their portfolio | 35.1k $743.0k | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.2k $724.6k | Added +5.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.0k $719.1k | Unchanged |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.8k $715.0k | Reduced -81.1k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 33.4k $707.1k | Reduced -7.5k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.3k $684.0k | Reduced -1.4k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 31.4k $664.2k | New |
| Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 31.1k $669.2k | Added +20.5k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.4k $644.4k | Added +18.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.4k $643.9k | Reduced -19.8k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.2k $639.2k | New |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.0k $635.0k | Reduced -1.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.0k $614.0k | Added +2.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.8k $567.9k | Reduced -16.6k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.6k $541.6k | New |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 24.6k $520.4k | Reduced -3.7k |
| Connacht Asset Management LP 3.07% of their portfolio | 24.5k $518.0k | Added +6.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.4k $516.5k | Added +5.7k |
| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.6k $499.9k | Reduced -16.2k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.5k $497.2k | New |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $475.3k | Unchanged |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.0k $465.0k | Reduced -1.2k |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.3k $451.0k | New |
| WEXFORD CAPITAL LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 21.0k $444.8k | New |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.3k $409.3k | Added +417 |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.3k $409.0k | Added +11.1k |
| Premier Fund Managers Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 19.1k $409.0k | Reduced -11.7k |
| Capital Impact Advisors, LLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 19.0k $402.0k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.8k $398.0k | Added +2.1k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.3k $387.3k | Unchanged |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.2k $384.6k | Added +5.1k |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.0k $381.2k | Reduced -500 |
| YOUSIF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.6k $373.7k | Reduced -959 |
| COMERICA BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.2k $343.8k | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.1k $341.8k | New |