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Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors

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$62.02 +2.04 (+3.40%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

CMG vs. MCD, SBUX, YUM, DRI, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, and PZZA

Should 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.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Chipotle Mexican Grill presently has a consensus target price of $65.27, suggesting a potential upside of 5.24%. McDonald's has a consensus target price of $319.46, suggesting a potential upside of 10.05%. Given McDonald's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McDonald's is more favorable than Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chipotle Mexican Grill
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
McDonald's
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 1 more articles in the media than McDonald's. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 78 mentions for McDonald's. McDonald's' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's score of 0.52 indicating that McDonald's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chipotle Mexican Grill
39 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
33 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
McDonald's
55 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

McDonald's has a net margin of 31.79% compared to Chipotle Mexican Grill's net margin of 13.51%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 43.20% beat McDonald's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chipotle Mexican Grill13.51% 43.20% 17.27%
McDonald's 31.79%-175.42%15.61%

91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of McDonald's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

McDonald's received 369 more outperform votes than Chipotle Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.89% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote while only 60.01% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Chipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes
1700
60.01%
Underperform Votes
1133
39.99%
McDonald'sOutperform Votes
2069
71.89%
Underperform Votes
809
28.11%

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 Ratio
Chipotle Mexican Grill$9.87B8.56$1.23B$1.0757.73
McDonald's$25.49B8.16$8.47B$11.3925.49

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats McDonald's on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMG vs. The Competition

MetricChipotle Mexican GrillEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$84.51B$9.69B$24.70B$20.17B
Dividend YieldN/A3.80%169.99%3.50%
P/E Ratio57.7329.88122.8544.36
Price / Sales8.562.717.2217.73
Price / Cash51.5821.2719.9321.28
Price / Book23.4016.697.154.71
Net Income$1.23B$320.83M$689.21M$986.85M
7 Day Performance5.80%3.09%2.15%3.73%
1 Month Performance3.59%0.03%0.90%3.70%
1 Year Performance39.75%17.89%18.79%27.73%

Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.6092 of 5 stars
$62.02
+3.4%
$65.27
+5.2%
+39.8%$84.51B$9.87B57.73116,068News Coverage
MCD
McDonald's
4.9178 of 5 stars
$288.32
-0.9%
$319.46
+10.8%
+3.0%$206.61B$25.49B25.54150,000
SBUX
Starbucks
4.9274 of 5 stars
$99.97
+1.7%
$102.81
+2.8%
-0.9%$113.29B$36.18B29.69381,000Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
YUM
Yum! Brands
4.584 of 5 stars
$134.22
+1.0%
$145.94
+8.7%
+4.9%$37.46B$7.08B24.8435,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.3034 of 5 stars
$164.78
+1.3%
$180.13
+9.3%
+7.2%$19.36B$11.39B18.75191,105Positive News
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
4.293 of 5 stars
$446.48
+1.7%
$494.38
+10.7%
+22.6%$15.42B$4.48B27.4311,200Insider Trade
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
4.2197 of 5 stars
$193.18
-0.1%
$189.00
-2.2%
+74.1%$12.89B$4.63B33.2391,000Positive News
EAT
Brinker International
4.2741 of 5 stars
$123.40
-1.1%
$86.45
-29.9%
+252.0%$5.48B$4.42B30.1068,852
WEN
Wendy's
4.5176 of 5 stars
$18.11
+1.1%
$20.36
+12.4%
-6.9%$3.69B$2.18B19.0615,300Analyst Forecast
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
4.1179 of 5 stars
$46.43
-0.4%
$44.75
-3.6%
+42.6%$2.37B$3.44B17.6547,900Analyst Upgrade
PZZA
Papa Johns International
4.1135 of 5 stars
$47.86
+1.2%
$60.82
+27.1%
-25.4%$1.56B$2.14B16.6213,200Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CMG) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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