Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer YUM or CMG?

In the previous week, Yum! Brands had 13 more articles in the media than Chipotle Mexican Grill. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Yum! Brands and 15 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Yum! Brands' score of 0.53 indicating that Yum! Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yum! Brands	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chipotle Mexican Grill	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in YUM or CMG?

82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, YUM or CMG?

Yum! Brands has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is YUM or CMG more profitable?

Yum! Brands has a net margin of 22.92% compared to Yum! Brands' net margin of 12.70%. Yum! Brands' return on equity of 43.74% beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yum! Brands	22.92%	-18.64%	24.65%
Chipotle Mexican Grill	12.70%	43.74%	16.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YUM or CMG?

Chipotle Mexican Grill received 590 more outperform votes than Yum! Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.28% of users gave Yum! Brands an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yum! Brands	Outperform Votes 1068 65.28%	Underperform Votes 568 34.72%
Chipotle Mexican Grill	Outperform Votes 1658 59.88%	Underperform Votes 1111 40.12%

Do analysts prefer YUM or CMG?

Yum! Brands currently has a consensus target price of $143.53, indicating a potential upside of 1.32%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus target price of $3,137.12, indicating a potential downside of 2.38%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yum! Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Chipotle Mexican Grill	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, YUM or CMG?

Yum! Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chipotle Mexican Grill. Yum! Brands 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yum! Brands	$7.08B	5.64	$1.60B	$5.64	25.12
Chipotle Mexican Grill	$9.87B	8.94	$1.23B	$46.86	68.58

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Yum! Brands on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.