Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors $49.72 +0.26 (+0.53%) As of 09:43 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CMG vs. MCD, SBUX, YUM, DRI, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, and PZZAShould you be buying Chipotle Mexican Grill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chipotle Mexican Grill include McDonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Brinker International (EAT), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), and Papa Johns International (PZZA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. Chipotle Mexican Grill vs. McDonald's Starbucks Yum! Brands Darden Restaurants Domino's Pizza Texas Roadhouse Brinker International Wendy's Cheesecake Factory Papa Johns International Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations. Which has more volatility & risk, CMG or MCD? Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CMG or MCD? McDonald's has higher revenue and earnings than Chipotle Mexican Grill. McDonald's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chipotle Mexican Grill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioChipotle Mexican Grill$11.31B5.94$1.53B$1.1144.64McDonald's$25.92B8.71$8.22B$11.3927.75 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMG or MCD? McDonald's received 363 more outperform votes than Chipotle Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.93% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformChipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes172360.20% Underperform Votes113939.80% McDonald'sOutperform Votes208671.93% Underperform Votes81428.07% Does the media prefer CMG or MCD? In the previous week, McDonald's had 48 more articles in the media than Chipotle Mexican Grill. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for McDonald's and 29 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat McDonald's' score of 0.83 indicating that Chipotle Mexican Grill is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Chipotle Mexican Grill 19 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive McDonald's 42 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 20 Neutral mention(s) 8 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is CMG or MCD more profitable? McDonald's has a net margin of 31.73% compared to Chipotle Mexican Grill's net margin of 13.56%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 42.92% beat McDonald's' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Chipotle Mexican Grill13.56% 42.92% 17.32% McDonald's 31.73%-181.63%15.48% Do analysts prefer CMG or MCD? Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus price target of $65.74, indicating a potential upside of 32.68%. McDonald's has a consensus price target of $322.87, indicating a potential upside of 2.14%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than McDonald's.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Chipotle Mexican Grill 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 20 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.79McDonald's 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.69 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CMG or MCD? 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of McDonald's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryChipotle Mexican Grill beats McDonald's on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Chipotle Mexican Grill News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CMG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CMG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChipotle Mexican GrillEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$67.16B$8.88B$23.21B$18.52BDividend YieldN/A5.24%170.23%4.25%P/E Ratio44.6326.0121.6331.06Price / Sales5.941.844.0326.47Price / Cash38.5819.1719.4117.54Price / Book18.355.435.594.29Net Income$1.53B$318.00M$781.29M$1.02B7 Day Performance6.41%3.13%3.25%4.23%1 Month Performance-1.13%-8.24%-4.38%-6.79%1 Year Performance-16.23%-4.86%-1.27%-0.03% Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.3638 of 5 stars$49.72+0.5%$65.74+32.2%-16.2%$67.30B$11.31B44.73105,000Analyst ForecastMCDMcDonald's3.9831 of 5 stars$300.78+0.2%$322.87+7.3%+18.2%$214.86B$25.92B26.40150,000SBUXStarbucks4.4733 of 5 stars$80.27-2.2%$105.12+31.0%+0.7%$91.15B$36.15B25.88402,000YUMYum! Brands4.0229 of 5 stars$146.42-1.0%$151.60+3.5%+6.0%$40.85B$7.55B28.0436,000DRIDarden Restaurants4.1891 of 5 stars$190.72-0.9%$201.38+5.6%+30.2%$22.34B$11.76B21.84179,000Positive NewsDPZDomino's Pizza2.67 of 5 stars$440.70-0.8%$503.04+14.1%-3.9%$15.13B$4.71B27.1011,000Positive NewsTXRHTexas Roadhouse3.6485 of 5 stars$155.88-2.5%$192.23+23.3%+9.8%$10.35B$5.37B24.0791,000Positive NewsEATBrinker International3.6157 of 5 stars$138.74+2.7%$140.18+1.0%+226.6%$6.15B$4.83B23.9968,852Positive NewsGap UpWENWendy's4.7742 of 5 stars$13.23-0.6%$18.08+36.7%-28.9%$2.65B$2.25B13.9114,500CAKECheesecake Factory4.3823 of 5 stars$44.65-2.2%$52.13+16.7%+40.5%$2.30B$3.58B13.9247,900Gap UpPZZAPapa Johns International4.3236 of 5 stars$35.51-2.3%$55.25+55.6%-49.8%$1.15B$2.06B12.2412,000Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies McDonald's Competitors Starbucks Competitors Yum! 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