Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors $62.02 +2.04 (+3.40%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) 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 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. Do analysts recommend CMG or MCD? 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) 2.67McDonald's 0 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 18 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60 Does the media refer more to CMG or MCD? 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 Is CMG or MCD more profitable? 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% Do institutionals and insiders believe in CMG or MCD? 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. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMG or MCD? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformChipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes170060.01% Underperform Votes113339.99% McDonald'sOutperform Votes206971.89% Underperform Votes80928.11% Which has more volatility & risk, CMG or MCD? 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. Which has preferable earnings and 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$9.87B8.56$1.23B$1.0757.73McDonald's$25.49B8.16$8.47B$11.3925.49 SummaryChipotle Mexican Grill beats McDonald's on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Insiders Exposed917 Trades… Zero Losses?As you likely know, the “Trump bump” launched stocks to record highs after he secured his second reelection bid. Now, Trump and his team are coming to gut government regulation – and it’s going to create some incredible market opportunities. 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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$84.51B$9.69B$24.70B$20.17BDividend YieldN/A3.80%169.99%3.50%P/E Ratio57.7329.88122.8544.36Price / Sales8.562.717.2217.73Price / Cash51.5821.2719.9321.28Price / Book23.4016.697.154.71Net Income$1.23B$320.83M$689.21M$986.85M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.6092 of 5 stars$62.02+3.4%$65.27+5.2%+39.8%$84.51B$9.87B57.73116,068News CoverageMCDMcDonald's4.9178 of 5 stars$288.32-0.9%$319.46+10.8%+3.0%$206.61B$25.49B25.54150,000SBUXStarbucks4.9274 of 5 stars$99.97+1.7%$102.81+2.8%-0.9%$113.29B$36.18B29.69381,000Insider TradeAnalyst RevisionYUMYum! Brands4.584 of 5 stars$134.22+1.0%$145.94+8.7%+4.9%$37.46B$7.08B24.8435,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionDRIDarden Restaurants4.3034 of 5 stars$164.78+1.3%$180.13+9.3%+7.2%$19.36B$11.39B18.75191,105Positive NewsDPZDomino's Pizza4.293 of 5 stars$446.48+1.7%$494.38+10.7%+22.6%$15.42B$4.48B27.4311,200Insider TradeTXRHTexas Roadhouse4.2197 of 5 stars$193.18-0.1%$189.00-2.2%+74.1%$12.89B$4.63B33.2391,000Positive NewsEATBrinker International4.2741 of 5 stars$123.40-1.1%$86.45-29.9%+252.0%$5.48B$4.42B30.1068,852WENWendy's4.5176 of 5 stars$18.11+1.1%$20.36+12.4%-6.9%$3.69B$2.18B19.0615,300Analyst ForecastCAKECheesecake Factory4.1179 of 5 stars$46.43-0.4%$44.75-3.6%+42.6%$2.37B$3.44B17.6547,900Analyst UpgradePZZAPapa Johns International4.1135 of 5 stars$47.86+1.2%$60.82+27.1%-25.4%$1.56B$2.14B16.6213,200Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies McDonald's Competitors Starbucks Competitors Yum! 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