Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CMG or YUM?

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum! Brands has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CMG or YUM?

Yum! Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Chipotle Mexican Grill	$10.20B	8.45	$1.23B	$46.86	66.98
Yum! Brands	$7.08B	5.38	$1.60B	$5.59	24.21

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CMG or YUM?

91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CMG or YUM?

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 82 more articles in the media than Yum! Brands. MarketBeat recorded 119 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 37 mentions for Yum! Brands. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Yum! Brands' score of 0.50 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	35 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	31 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Yum! Brands	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMG or YUM?

Chipotle Mexican Grill received 591 more outperform votes than Yum! Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.34% of users gave Yum! Brands an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chipotle Mexican Grill	Outperform Votes 1658 59.88%	Underperform Votes 1111 40.12%
Yum! Brands	Outperform Votes 1067 65.34%	Underperform Votes 566 34.66%

Do analysts recommend CMG or YUM?

Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus target price of $3,137.12, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Yum! Brands has a consensus target price of $144.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.96%. Given Yum! Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yum! Brands 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)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Yum! Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is CMG or YUM more profitable?

Yum! Brands has a net margin of 22.57% compared to Chipotle Mexican Grill's net margin of 12.70%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 43.74% beat Yum! Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chipotle Mexican Grill	12.70%	43.74%	16.55%
Yum! Brands	22.57%	-17.76%	24.72%

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Yum! Brands on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.