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sellWeak cluster of 410b5-1 plan

Tim McCauley sold $525k of CHEF

Chief Accounting Officer at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.. 7,500 shares at an average of $70.00, traded Feb 18, 2026, filed Feb 26, 2026.

Warning score
33
Value
$525k
7,500 shares
Holdings after
44,662
-14% from before
From 52-week low
+41%
low $49.08, close $69.29
From 52-week high
0%
high $69.29, as of Feb 18, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $525k at market
    +18
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 14% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    4 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -17.4%, 3m +8.1%, 6m +54.3%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

CHEFOct 9, 2026 · close 114.32
Since filing Feb 26, 2026: +58.6%SPY +13.8% · excess +44.8%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000947871-26-000209, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 18, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-7,500$70.00$525k44,662Feb 26, 2026
Feb 24, 2026AGrant or award
Common Stock10b5-1
+3,501--48,163Feb 26, 2026
Feb 24, 2026FTax withholding
Common Stock10b5-1
-1,925$72.42$139k46,238Feb 26, 2026
Feb 24, 2026AGrant or award
Common Stock10b5-1
+4,197--50,435Feb 26, 2026
Feb 25, 2026FTax withholding
Common Stock10b5-1
-410$72.12$30k50,025Feb 26, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
75Notable
CHEFsell 3
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Alexandros Aldous
General Counsel
$3.9M
35,000 shares
-50%
65Notable
CHEFsell 3
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Christopher Pappas
President and CEO
$11M
100,000 shares
-5%
49Moderate
CHEFsell 3
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Christina Polychroni
Chief Human Resources Officer
$308k
2,752 shares
-11%
43Moderate
CHEFsell 2
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Christina Polychroni
Chief Human Resources Officer
$356k
4,500 shares
-15%
58Moderate
CHEFsell 2
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Christopher Pappas
President and CEO
$9.8M
125,000 shares
-5%
65Notable
CHEFsell 4
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Alexandros Aldous
General Counsel
$2.1M
29,500 shares
-29%
52Moderate
CHEFsell 4
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Christina Polychroni
Chief Human Resources Officer
$437k
6,401 shares
-17%
50Moderate
CHEFsell 4
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Christopher Pappas
President and CEO
$6.0M
95,908 shares
-4%
52Moderate
CHEFsell
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
James Leddy
Chief Financial Officer
$1.4M
22,000 shares
-15%
30Weak
CHEFsell10b5-1
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Tim McCauley
Chief Accounting Officer
$1.1M
17,500 shares
-25%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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