NYSE:CMG - Chipotle Mexican Grill Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Chipotle Mexican Grill trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CMG."

Chipotle Mexican Grill declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, April 9th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 0.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 25th. The restaurant operator reported $2.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.56. The restaurant operator had revenue of $1.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Chipotle Mexican Grill had a net margin of 3.65% and a return on equity of 15.64%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.60 EPS. View Chipotle Mexican Grill's Earnings History.

Chipotle Mexican Grill is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

33 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Chipotle Mexican Grill's shares. Their forecasts range from $250.00 to $600.00. On average, they expect Chipotle Mexican Grill's share price to reach $416.5607 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chipotle Mexican Grill in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 19 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

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Headlines about CMG stock have been trending positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Chipotle Mexican Grill earned a coverage optimism score of 0.32 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the restaurant operator an impact score of 44.98 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Chipotle Mexican Grill's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (5.83%), BlackRock Inc. (5.55%), Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (1.65%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.31%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.21%) and American Century Companies Inc. (0.88%). Company insiders that own Chipotle Mexican Grill stock include Ali Namvar, Matthew H Paull, Paul T Cappuccio and Pershing Square Capital Manage. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

CMG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Check Capital Management Inc. CA, Brown Advisory Inc., Tobam, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

CMG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Morgan Stanley and Carillon Tower Advisers Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Chipotle Mexican Grill stock in the last two years include Ali Namvar, Matthew H Paull, Paul T Cappuccio and Pershing Square Capital Manage. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Shares of CMG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $515.75.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a market capitalization of $14.19 billion and generates $4.48 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $176.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.60 on an earnings per share basis. Chipotle Mexican Grill employs 68,890 workers across the globe.

Chipotle Mexican Grill's mailing address is 1401 WYNKOOP STREET SUITE 500, DENVER CO, 80202. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 303-595-4000 or via email at [email protected]