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Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors

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$62.24 +0.66 (+1.07%)
(As of 01:10 PM 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

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%

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$10.98B7.64$1.23B$1.0757.55
McDonald's$25.49B8.19$8.47B$11.3925.57

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of McDonald's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus price target of $66.55, suggesting a potential upside of 8.07%. McDonald's has a consensus price target of $320.65, suggesting a potential upside of 10.08%. 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)
11 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 6 more articles in the media than McDonald's. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 39 mentions for McDonald's. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat McDonald's' score of 0.02 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
28 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
McDonald's
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

McDonald's received 364 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 60.06% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Chipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes
1705
60.06%
Underperform Votes
1134
39.94%
McDonald'sOutperform Votes
2069
71.89%
Underperform Votes
809
28.11%

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats McDonald's on 10 of the 18 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$83.91B$9.38B$24.51B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A3.78%167.17%3.66%
P/E Ratio57.3228.73107.8241.11
Price / Sales7.642.243.0417.37
Price / Cash57.5921.3421.7621.28
Price / Book27.618.875.405.31
Net Income$1.23B$317.55M$673.49M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.19%-2.22%-2.71%-2.50%
1 Month Performance-0.69%-2.42%-1.36%-4.68%
1 Year Performance33.62%0.75%8.71%11.56%

Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.4178 of 5 stars
$62.24
+1.1%
$66.55
+6.9%
+33.6%$84.81B$10.98B57.93116,068
MCD
McDonald's
4.1206 of 5 stars
$290.58
-0.7%
$320.65
+10.3%
-0.1%$208.24B$25.49B25.51150,000Insider Trade
SBUX
Starbucks
4.5897 of 5 stars
$86.89
-1.2%
$103.77
+19.4%
-8.2%$98.52B$36.18B26.25361,000
YUM
Yum! Brands
4.0995 of 5 stars
$132.77
+0.3%
$145.94
+9.9%
+3.0%$37.05B$7.22B24.8235,000
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.4319 of 5 stars
$183.67
-2.1%
$187.44
+2.1%
+14.2%$21.58B$11.58B21.18191,105Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
4.6357 of 5 stars
$424.74
-0.3%
$495.76
+16.7%
+4.1%$14.67B$4.67B26.0911,200
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
3.4522 of 5 stars
$179.88
-0.8%
$190.09
+5.7%
+49.0%$12.00B$5.10B30.9191,000Analyst Revision
EAT
Brinker International
3.716 of 5 stars
$133.02
-0.9%
$94.63
-28.9%
+210.7%$5.91B$4.54B32.4468,852Analyst Upgrade
WEN
Wendy's
4.1765 of 5 stars
$16.33
-1.9%
$20.36
+24.6%
-16.7%$3.33B$2.21B17.1915,300
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
4.2629 of 5 stars
$47.37
-2.1%
$47.93
+1.2%
+32.9%$2.42B$3.54B18.0147,900
PZZA
Papa Johns International
4.2445 of 5 stars
$38.43
-1.2%
$60.82
+58.3%
-48.1%$1.25B$2.10B13.3913,200

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This page (NYSE:CMG) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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