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CMG vs. DPZ, SBUX, WING, ARCO, CAVA, 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), Starbucks (SBUX), Wingstop (WING), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), CAVA Group (CAVA), Darden Restaurants (DRI), McDonald's (MCD), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Yum China (YUMC). These companies are all part of the "retail - restrnts" industry.

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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

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$11.58B4.56$1.53B$1.1235.17
Domino's Pizza$4.78B3.14$584.17M$17.2225.71

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus target price of $59.76, indicating a potential upside of 51.69%. Domino's Pizza has a consensus target price of $490.78, indicating a potential upside of 10.84%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
21 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
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 37 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 17 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's score of 0.97 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
31 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Domino's Pizza
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very 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. 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Domino's Pizza on 12 of the 17 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$52.80B$11.00B$27.98B$21.42B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%173.90%3.49%
P/E Ratio35.1631.7820.4829.77
Price / Sales4.561.918.3768.90
Price / Cash28.0915.8817.5118.13
Price / Book14.704.675.034.61
Net Income$1.53B$405.16M$872.22M$998.80M
7 Day Performance-0.19%0.80%1.30%0.99%
1 Month Performance-10.55%-1.57%5.47%4.36%
1 Year Performance-31.68%-2.21%18.90%14.33%

Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.5545 of 5 stars
$39.31
+1.9%
$59.76
+52.0%
-31.3%$52.81B$11.58B35.17130,504Trending News
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
3.328 of 5 stars
$463.43
-0.1%
$490.78
+5.9%
+11.8%$15.72B$4.71B26.8810,700Positive News
SBUX
Starbucks
4.9404 of 5 stars
$83.94
-1.7%
$104.40
+24.4%
-16.1%$95.45B$36.18B36.19361,000Positive News
WING
Wingstop
4.1582 of 5 stars
$302.57
-2.3%
$379.52
+25.4%
-32.2%$8.46B$625.81M50.521,335Analyst Downgrade
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
4.1675 of 5 stars
$6.82
-2.6%
$8.80
+29.1%
-19.8%$1.43B$4.47B10.7798,615News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CAVA
CAVA Group
4.1006 of 5 stars
$65.04
-2.4%
$96.41
+48.2%
-49.0%$7.54B$963.71M54.628,100
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.4501 of 5 stars
$209.96
-0.1%
$225.19
+7.3%
+32.4%$24.49B$12.08B23.65197,924Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MCD
McDonald's
4.7116 of 5 stars
$311.00
-1.1%
$325.35
+4.6%
+1.9%$222.02B$25.92B26.66150,000Positive News
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.5959 of 5 stars
$61.84
-2.0%
$75.04
+21.4%
-7.7%$20.28B$8.41B23.4437,600
SHAK
Shake Shack
4.1435 of 5 stars
$97.45
-2.7%
$133.05
+36.5%
-0.8%$4.16B$1.25B211.9112,826
YUMC
Yum China
4.8688 of 5 stars
$44.40
-1.2%
$60.00
+35.1%
+25.0%$16.37B$11.30B18.35351,000Positive News
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