Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors $51.47 -1.58 (-2.98%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$51.50 +0.03 (+0.06%) As of 02/21/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends 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 McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation. Do analysts rate MCD or CMG? McDonald's currently has a consensus target price of $323.61, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus target price of $66.31, indicating a potential upside of 28.84%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than McDonald's.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score McDonald's 0 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.62Chipotle Mexican Grill 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 18 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71 Which has more risk and volatility, MCD or CMG? McDonald's has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MCD or CMG? 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 RatioMcDonald's$25.92B8.43$8.22B$11.3926.76Chipotle Mexican Grill$11.31B6.17$1.53B$1.1146.36 Does the media refer more to MCD or CMG? In the previous week, McDonald's had 67 more articles in the media than Chipotle Mexican Grill. MarketBeat recorded 106 mentions for McDonald's and 39 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat McDonald's' score of 0.93 indicating that Chipotle Mexican Grill is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment McDonald's 68 Very Positive mention(s) 9 Positive mention(s) 19 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 7 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chipotle Mexican Grill 27 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor MCD or CMG? McDonald's received 365 more outperform votes than Chipotle Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.92% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMcDonald'sOutperform Votes208271.92% Underperform Votes81328.08% Chipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes171760.14% Underperform Votes113839.86% Is MCD or CMG 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 McDonald's31.73% -181.63% 15.48% Chipotle Mexican Grill 13.56%42.92%17.32% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MCD or CMG? 70.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of McDonald's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryChipotle Mexican Grill beats McDonald's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. 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$71.90B$9.04B$26.06B$20.26BDividend YieldN/A4.07%172.58%3.64%P/E Ratio46.3627.1325.3434.94Price / Sales6.172.153.7917.47Price / Cash38.5819.1919.3720.26Price / Book19.066.055.944.80Net Income$1.53B$318.05M$770.12M$1.02B7 Day Performance-9.79%-2.76%-3.06%-1.14%1 Month Performance-10.60%3.85%-2.15%-1.66%1 Year Performance-2.85%3.04%6.72%13.43% Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.9062 of 5 stars$51.47-3.0%$66.31+28.8%-2.0%$71.90B$11.31B46.36130,504Positive NewsMCDMcDonald's4.464 of 5 stars$308.59-0.5%$323.61+4.9%+3.0%$221.14B$25.49B27.09150,000Insider TradeNews CoverageSBUXStarbucks4.4059 of 5 stars$112.55-0.4%$105.33-6.4%+16.7%$127.85B$36.18B36.31361,000Analyst RevisionPositive NewsYUMYum! Brands3.8131 of 5 stars$147.80-0.6%$147.37-0.3%+8.1%$41.25B$7.55B28.3135,000Analyst RevisionNews CoverageDRIDarden Restaurants4.5433 of 5 stars$190.83-1.4%$192.52+0.9%+13.4%$22.36B$11.39B21.86191,105News CoveragePositive NewsDPZDomino's Pizza2.705 of 5 stars$476.66-0.7%$502.33+5.4%+8.0%$16.46B$4.48B29.2811,200Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageTXRHTexas Roadhouse3.8202 of 5 stars$171.70+0.2%$190.83+11.1%+13.5%$11.45B$4.63B29.5091,000Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageEATBrinker International4.1349 of 5 stars$158.55-1.0%$140.18-11.6%+217.3%$7.04B$4.42B27.4868,852Positive NewsWENWendy's4.5036 of 5 stars$14.30-3.1%$18.93+32.4%-15.4%$2.92B$2.18B15.0515,300Analyst UpgradeNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeCAKECheesecake Factory3.8172 of 5 stars$53.34+1.6%$49.93-6.4%+54.7%$2.72B$3.44B20.2847,900Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePZZAPapa Johns International3.7762 of 5 stars$49.04-4.4%$55.67+13.5%-33.4%$1.60B$2.14B17.0913,200Upcoming EarningsHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies McDonald's Competitors Starbucks Competitors Yum! 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