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$41.93 +0.17 (+0.40%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Domino's Pizza had 6 more articles in the media than Chipotle Mexican Grill. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Domino's Pizza and 46 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Domino's Pizza's score of 0.74 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
26 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Domino's Pizza
22 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Domino's Pizza's net margin of 12.16%. 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 12.16%-14.91%33.28%

Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus target price of $57.55, indicating a potential upside of 37.27%. Domino's Pizza has a consensus target price of $489.92, indicating a potential upside of 17.69%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)
9 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Domino's Pizza
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

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$11.31B4.97$1.53B$1.1237.43
Domino's Pizza$4.71B2.99$584.17M$17.1124.33

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Domino's Pizza on 11 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

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.
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CMG vs. The Competition

MetricChipotle Mexican GrillRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$56.13B$11.04B$27.14B$21.83B
Dividend YieldN/A3.21%172.47%3.62%
P/E Ratio37.4332.4019.6832.43
Price / Sales4.971.879.2560.31
Price / Cash30.4414.9862.2424.21
Price / Book15.644.425.104.59
Net Income$1.53B$405.78M$911.72M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.18%2.97%2.07%1.31%
1 Month Performance6.68%-1.23%-3.68%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-29.41%-13.37%5.53%9.51%

Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.5365 of 5 stars
$41.93
+0.4%
$57.55
+37.3%
-29.4%$56.13B$11.31B37.43130,504Trending News
Analyst Forecast
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
4.3368 of 5 stars
$408.09
+0.4%
$491.71
+20.5%
-2.9%$13.85B$4.78B23.6910,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SBUX
Starbucks
4.7868 of 5 stars
$79.89
+1.8%
$102.96
+28.9%
-11.9%$90.88B$36.69B34.46361,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
WING
Wingstop
3.7715 of 5 stars
$252.67
+4.7%
$372.62
+47.5%
-30.7%$7.08B$669.74M42.241,335News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.8526 of 5 stars
$6.93
+1.5%
$8.80
+27.1%
-24.8%$1.46B$4.47B11.0198,615Positive News
CAVA
CAVA Group
3.8608 of 5 stars
$63.34
+1.9%
$95.50
+50.8%
-53.3%$7.35B$963.71M53.258,100
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.9168 of 5 stars
$184.60
+1.9%
$225.59
+22.2%
+14.3%$21.48B$12.36B19.79197,924Positive News
MCD
McDonald's
4.5875 of 5 stars
$299.06
+0.7%
$325.18
+8.7%
-2.7%$213.52B$26.06B25.64150,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.2379 of 5 stars
$66.94
+0.1%
$75.13
+12.2%
-4.5%$21.94B$9.11B25.3637,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SHAK
Shake Shack
4.4583 of 5 stars
$91.27
+5.2%
$129.16
+41.5%
-16.2%$3.90B$1.32B198.8212,826Analyst Forecast
YUMC
Yum China
4.9041 of 5 stars
$43.03
+0.9%
$60.00
+39.4%
-0.1%$15.66B$11.43B17.79351,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CMG) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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