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$42.66 +0.14 (+0.34%)
Closing price 08/27/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CMG vs. DPZ, META, SBUX, WING, ARCO, DRI, MCD, QSR, SHAK, and YUMC

Should you be buying Chipotle Mexican Grill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chipotle Mexican Grill include Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Meta Platforms (META), Starbucks (SBUX), Wingstop (WING), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Darden Restaurants (DRI), McDonald's (MCD), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Yum China (YUMC).

Chipotle Mexican Grill vs. Its Competitors

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) and Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Domino's Pizza's net margin of 12.49%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 43.50% beat Domino's Pizza's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chipotle Mexican Grill13.32% 43.50% 17.01%
Domino's Pizza 12.49%-15.09%33.17%

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has higher revenue and earnings than Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza 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 Ratio
Chipotle Mexican Grill$11.31B5.06$1.53B$1.1238.09
Domino's Pizza$4.71B3.26$584.17M$17.2226.28

Chipotle Mexican Grill presently has a consensus target price of $60.22, indicating a potential upside of 41.15%. Domino's Pizza has a consensus target price of $490.78, indicating a potential upside of 8.45%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than Domino's Pizza.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chipotle Mexican Grill
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Domino's Pizza
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 31 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 22 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's score of 1.08 indicating that Domino's Pizza is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chipotle Mexican Grill
34 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Domino's Pizza
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Domino's Pizza on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMG vs. The Competition

MetricChipotle Mexican GrillRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$57.01B$11.36B$27.27B$21.25B
Dividend YieldN/A3.19%172.59%3.53%
P/E Ratio38.0934.5328.0229.20
Price / Sales5.062.0510.1853.45
Price / Cash30.9216.5357.1423.64
Price / Book16.225.014.765.36
Net Income$1.53B$405.16M$872.89M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-0.60%2.12%3.27%2.99%
1 Month Performance-5.02%-5.49%0.25%2.88%
1 Year Performance-23.50%-0.70%18.42%12.54%

Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.8908 of 5 stars
$42.66
+0.3%
$60.22
+41.2%
-24.0%$57.01B$11.31B38.09130,504Positive News
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
3.2974 of 5 stars
$460.23
+2.0%
$489.67
+6.4%
+8.2%$15.62B$4.71B26.7210,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
META
Meta Platforms
4.63 of 5 stars
$754.58
0.0%
$822.41
+9.0%
+44.0%$1.89T$178.80B27.3174,067Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
SBUX
Starbucks
4.6894 of 5 stars
$86.00
-2.7%
$104.40
+21.4%
-11.1%$97.79B$36.18B37.08361,000Trending News
WING
Wingstop
3.4775 of 5 stars
$327.08
-1.5%
$379.52
+16.0%
-16.7%$9.13B$669.74M54.501,335
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.9945 of 5 stars
$6.99
-1.8%
$8.80
+26.0%
-22.0%$1.47B$4.47B11.0998,615
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.6076 of 5 stars
$205.80
-1.3%
$225.19
+9.4%
+31.8%$23.99B$12.08B23.17197,924Positive News
MCD
McDonald's
4.7183 of 5 stars
$313.26
-0.3%
$326.38
+4.2%
+7.6%$223.52B$25.92B26.84150,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.7369 of 5 stars
$62.91
-0.8%
$75.04
+19.3%
-9.8%$20.63B$9.11B23.8337,600Positive News
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.8435 of 5 stars
$104.36
+0.4%
$132.15
+26.6%
-0.6%$4.45B$1.32B226.7012,826
YUMC
Yum China
4.9829 of 5 stars
$46.99
+2.4%
$60.00
+27.7%
+33.1%$17.33B$11.43B19.42351,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CMG) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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