Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors $50.61 -0.52 (-1.01%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$50.71 +0.10 (+0.19%) As of 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CMG vs. MCD, SBUX, YUM, DRI, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, CAKE, WEN, 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), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), 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 Cheesecake Factory Wendy's Papa Johns International McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCD or CMG? McDonald's received 355 more outperform votes than Chipotle Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.72% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMcDonald'sOutperform Votes209071.72% Underperform Votes82428.28% Chipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes173560.14% Underperform Votes115039.86% Is MCD or CMG more profitable? McDonald's has a net margin of 31.73% compared to Chipotle Mexican Grill's net margin of 13.56%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 42.92% beat McDonald's' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets McDonald's31.73% -181.63% 15.48% Chipotle Mexican Grill 13.56%42.92%17.32% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MCD or CMG? 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 RatioMcDonald's$25.71B8.38$8.22B$11.3326.59Chipotle Mexican Grill$11.49B5.97$1.53B$1.1345.03 Which has more risk & volatility, MCD or CMG? McDonald's has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals believe in MCD or CMG? 70.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to MCD or CMG? In the previous week, McDonald's had 45 more articles in the media than Chipotle Mexican Grill. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for McDonald's and 43 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat McDonald's' score of 0.63 indicating that Chipotle Mexican Grill is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment McDonald's 43 Very Positive mention(s) 11 Positive mention(s) 24 Neutral mention(s) 5 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chipotle Mexican Grill 23 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 13 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts recommend MCD or CMG? McDonald's presently has a consensus target price of $321.79, indicating a potential upside of 6.83%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus target price of $61.37, indicating a potential upside of 20.62%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than McDonald's.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score McDonald's 1 Sell rating(s) 14 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.45Chipotle Mexican Grill 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 19 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.72 SummaryChipotle Mexican Grill beats McDonald's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Chipotle Mexican Grill News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CMG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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$68.67B$8.98B$25.42B$19.77BDividend YieldN/A3.98%168.51%3.85%P/E Ratio45.9127.4425.2035.77Price / Sales5.971.934.4446.40Price / Cash38.5819.1719.4117.51Price / Book18.845.946.364.84Net Income$1.53B$318.00M$784.05M$1.02B7 Day Performance1.68%3.50%3.03%2.44%1 Month Performance2.23%6.76%7.79%5.94%1 Year Performance-18.59%-2.40%25.11%14.73% Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.332 of 5 stars$50.61-1.0%$61.37+21.3%-19.3%$68.19B$11.49B45.59105,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastMCDMcDonald's4.3289 of 5 stars$312.54+0.1%$325.91+4.3%+19.0%$223.40B$25.71B27.43150,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastSBUXStarbucks4.0817 of 5 stars$85.20+1.5%$97.92+14.9%+11.3%$96.80B$36.35B27.48402,000Trending NewsYUMYum! Brands4.5525 of 5 stars$144.77+0.6%$156.70+8.2%+2.2%$40.24B$7.74B27.7336,000Analyst UpgradeDRIDarden Restaurants4.7182 of 5 stars$216.20+0.9%$201.38-6.9%+47.9%$25.28B$11.76B24.74179,000Positive NewsDPZDomino's Pizza3.0258 of 5 stars$465.30-1.8%$498.50+7.1%-8.9%$15.94B$4.73B28.6011,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastTXRHTexas Roadhouse3.8173 of 5 stars$195.140.0%$191.62-1.8%+16.0%$12.94B$5.50B30.1582,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastEATBrinker International3.4213 of 5 stars$174.90+1.3%$141.14-19.3%+151.8%$7.76B$5.13B30.2762,000Positive NewsInsider TradeCAKECheesecake Factory4.1939 of 5 stars$55.82+1.2%$54.00-3.3%+51.6%$2.76B$3.62B17.4047,500Insider TradeWENWendy's4.9494 of 5 stars$11.57+2.7%$16.34+41.3%-31.3%$2.22B$2.24B12.1514,500PZZAPapa Johns International2.2123 of 5 stars$46.19+2.1%$51.25+11.0%+7.5%$1.51B$2.06B16.0712,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies McDonald's Competitors Starbucks Competitors Yum! 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