CHEF

Chefs' Warehouse Inc Cross-source read
IndustrialsCUSIP 163086101

Among active 13F managers last quarter, 11 opened and 20 added, while 27 reduced; the largest holder to move was Victory Capital Management Inc (+20%). Over the last 180 days, 3 insiders sold and none bought, a net -$25.3M in open-market trades.

Tracked 13F holders
246
112 in Q2 2026 filings
13F value (tracked)
$2.5B
Smart-money readMixed
Net sellingNet buying
Funds · active managers, latest 13F
31 adding · 27 trimming
Insiders · Form 4 open-market, 180d
0 buying · 3 selling · -$25.3M
US House · STOCK Act, 180d
0 buying · 0 selling

The legs disagree, or only one of them leans.

Who owns CHEF?

246 tracked 13F filers · ranked by shares held

246 tracked 13F filers disclose a position in CHEF as of the latest SEC 13F filings, a combined $2.5B in reported value. Holders and values reflect the 13F filers Arkolith currently tracks, not the entire institutional universe. Counts and totals are a floor, not the full institutional ownership.

#FundSharesPosition valueLast moveAs ofHistory
1BlackRock, Inc.6.0M
$580.4M
+4.3%
Added · +252K sh
Q2 2026
2JPMorgan Chase & Co1.9M
$110.9M
+12%
Added · +207K sh
Q1 2026
3Victory Capital Management Inc1.7M
$101.7M
+20%
Added · +283K sh
Q1 2026
4Vanguard Capital Management LLC1.6M
$155.8M
+0.2%
Added · +4K sh
Q2 2026
5State Street Corp1.5M
$144.8M
+6.8%
Added · +96K sh
Q2 2026
6AllianceBernstein L.P.1.2M
$76.8M
−3.4%
Reduced · −44K sh
Q1 2026
7Massachusetts Financial Services Co1.2M
$70.0M
+6.5%
Added · +72K sh
Q1 2026
8Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC1.0M
$96.2M
+5.5%
Added · +53K sh
Q2 2026
9Dimensional Fund Advisors LP977K
$58.1M
+1.6%
Added · +15K sh
Q1 2026
10Geode Capital Management, LLC964K
$92.6M
+6.3%
Added · +57K sh
Q2 2026
11FMR LLC948K
$91.1M
+11%
Added · +97K sh
Q2 2026
12Morgan Stanley791K
$47.0M
+9.6%
Added · +69K sh
Q1 2026
13Kennedy Capital Management LLC678K
$40.3M
−17%
Reduced · −138K sh
Q1 2026
14Goldman Sachs Group Inc622K
$37.0M
+154%
Added · +377K sh
Q1 2026
15Jennison Associates LLC613K
$36.4M
−13%
Reduced · −90K sh
Q1 2026
16Federated Hermes, Inc.509K
$30.3M
−7.1%
Reduced · −39K sh
Q1 2026
17Northern Trust Corp457K
$27.1M
−3.5%
Reduced · −17K sh
Q1 2026
18Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc435K
$25.8M
+2.3%
Added · +10K sh
Q1 2026
19Bank Of America Corp385K
$22.9M
+20%
Added · +65K sh
Q1 2026
20Nuveen, LLC341K
$20.3M
−6.4%
Reduced · −23K sh
Q1 2026
21Royal Bank Of Canada332K
$19.8M
+24%
Added · +64K sh
Q1 2026
22D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.305K
$18.1M
+10%
Added · +28K sh
Q1 2026
23Woodline Partners LP305K
$29.3M
−45%
Reduced · −251K sh
Q2 2026
24UBS Group AG302K
$18.0M
+14%
Added · +38K sh
Q1 2026
25Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC265K
$15.7M
−10%
Reduced · −30K sh
Q1 2026

Holders and values reflect the 13F filers Arkolith currently tracks, not the entire institutional universe. Counts and totals are a floor, not the full institutional ownership. 1 value row is withheld because the reported units disagree with same-security peers; share counts are unchanged.

Is CHEF being bought or sold by institutions?

Last quarter, 11 funds opened a new position in CHEF and 20 added to an existing one, while 27 reduced. Based on 13F filings from active, signal-eligible managers (passive index funds and other mechanical holders are excluded from this count).

Opened
11
funds took a first position
Added
20
added to an existing position
Reduced
27
reduced, still holding
Biggest moves · ranked by size of the change, positions above a floor

Funds that own CHEF also own

CompanyCo-held byTheir position there
Amazon.com IncAMZN128 funds$175.6B
Meta Platforms Inc-Class AMETA128 funds$98.2B
Apple IncAAPL126 funds$256.9B
Microsoft CorpMSFT126 funds$240.0B
Alphabet Inc-CL AGOOGL126 funds$145.4B
Nvidia CorpNVDA124 funds$341.1B
Eli Lilly & CoLLY122 funds$68.9B
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM122 funds$51.7B
Alphabet Inc-CL CGOOG121 funds$112.5B
Micron Technology IncMU121 funds$28.7B
General ElectricGE120 funds$28.5B
Chevron CorpCVX120 funds$25.0B

Ranked by how many of CHEF's tracked holders also hold each name. The last column is those co-holders' combined reported position in that name, not in CHEF.

Insider activity (Form 4)

Full insider page →
Sells · 180d
$25.3M
3 insiders
Net · 180d
-$25.3M
12 open-market transactions
DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
Aug 14, 2026Aldous AlexandrosGeneral CounselSell (S)
7 lots, same day
35K$3.9M
Aug 14, 2026Pappas ChristopherPresident and CEO, DirectorSell (S)
2 lots, same day
100K$11.0M
Aug 14, 2026Polychroni ChristinaChief Human Resources OfficerSell (S)3K$308K
May 19, 2026Polychroni ChristinaChief Human Resources OfficerSell (S)5K$356K
May 5, 2026Pappas ChristopherPresident and CEO, DirectorSell (S)125K$9.8M
Mar 3, 2026Pappas ChristopherPresident and CEO, DirectorSell (S)96K$6.0M
Mar 2, 2026Polychroni ChristinaChief Human Resources OfficerSell (S)3K$217K
Feb 27, 2026Aldous AlexandrosGeneral CounselSell (S)30K$2.1M
Feb 27, 2026Polychroni ChristinaChief Human Resources OfficerSell (S)3K$220K
Feb 18, 2026McCauley TimChief Accounting OfficerSell (S)8K$525K
Nov 4, 2025Leddy JamesChief Financial OfficerSell (S)22K$1.4M
Jul 14, 2025McCauley TimChief Accounting OfficerSell (S)
2 lots, same day
18K$1.1M

One row per insider, day and transaction code; shares and value are summed across the lots. Every lot is on the full insider page and in the filing.

Do institutions, insiders and Congress agree?

Mixed signals

Where institutional funds (13F), corporate insiders (Form 4) and US House members (STOCK Act) are buying or selling the same name in the same window. Green is buying, red is selling.

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Signals by source

Insiders and Congress: last 180 days. Funds: latest 13F, top 100 holders incl. passive

SourceBuyingSellingNet
13F funds
Top 100 holders by value, passive included; the hero counts active managers only
4838
Insiders
Form 4 open-market
03-$25.3M
US House
STOCK Act trades
00$0
Sector rotation
CHEF is in Industrials, which smart money is rotating OUT OF
$1.1B

Capital Rotation reports where institutional capital disclosed rotating, as of the latest public SEC 13F filings. It is data, not investment advice, a recommendation, or a prediction. Filings lag about 45 days and cover long US equity positions only. Past disclosed flows do not indicate future prices. Do your own research; consult a licensed advisor.

Institutional ownership over time

112 tracked filers in Q2 2026 filingsstill filing
0105210Q3 2024Q1 2025Q3 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
tracked filers holding their reported valueQ2 2026 filings so far: $468.4M · 1 values withheld
Each bar counts tracked filers with a position in that quarter's filings, so the newest bar excludes filers still on an earlier quarter. Arkolith's tracked universe has grown over this window; part of any long-run rise is coverage, not new buyers.

Share classes

Class13F holdersValue held
CHEFthis pagecs246 funds$2.5B
CHEF 2.375 12/15/28NOTE 2.375%12/133 funds$563.0M

Same issuer, multiple share classes. The consensus leaderboards count this company once across all classes; this is the per-class detail.

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Ask your agent what changed in CHEF

This stock page is the public Follow view. For one current, evidence-backed answer, use capital_change_brief through REST or MCP. It compares tracked 13F changes with qualifying Form 4 activity and cites the SEC evidence.

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13F holdings + Form 4 insider transactions + the live filing stream, joined for CHEF. Filings are public domain, sourced to SEC EDGAR.