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

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 16 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 25 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Domino's Pizza's score of 1.20 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
28 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Domino's Pizza
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus price target of $61.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.38%. Domino's Pizza has a consensus price target of $487.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.92%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
Domino's Pizza
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

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$11.31B6.67$1.53B$1.1349.56
Domino's Pizza$4.71B3.38$584.17M$17.4426.63

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% 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 has a net margin of 13.59% compared to Domino's Pizza's net margin of 12.84%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 43.29% beat Domino's Pizza's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chipotle Mexican Grill13.59% 43.29% 17.32%
Domino's Pizza 12.84%-15.45%33.56%

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Domino's Pizza on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$76.00B$11.91B$26.33B$20.79B
Dividend YieldN/A3.64%175.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio49.5639.2729.0427.89
Price / Sales6.672.148.3242.50
Price / Cash41.0217.8049.4622.63
Price / Book20.9010.745.714.57
Net Income$1.53B$400.87M$869.96M$988.81M
7 Day Performance-2.02%-2.51%0.70%0.20%
1 Month Performance10.04%2.71%5.78%3.93%
1 Year Performance-2.88%5.24%21.12%10.27%

Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.4226 of 5 stars
$56.00
-0.7%
$61.25
+9.4%
-2.6%$76.00B$11.31B49.56130,504Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
3.455 of 5 stars
$451.00
-0.3%
$487.17
+8.0%
-1.9%$15.44B$4.71B25.8610,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SBUX
Starbucks
4.3988 of 5 stars
$93.51
-1.0%
$98.23
+5.1%
+29.5%$106.19B$36.35B33.86361,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
WING
Wingstop
3.3601 of 5 stars
$325.16
-0.6%
$362.26
+11.4%
-14.4%$9.07B$625.81M54.441,335Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.1157 of 5 stars
$7.70
-2.1%
$8.80
+14.4%
-22.2%$1.62B$4.47B11.8498,615
CAVA
CAVA Group
4.1363 of 5 stars
$84.25
-2.6%
$117.82
+39.8%
+8.2%$9.74B$963.71M70.218,100Positive News
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.7364 of 5 stars
$215.03
-2.4%
$224.60
+4.5%
+49.6%$25.16B$12.08B24.22191,105Positive News
MCD
McDonald's
4.444 of 5 stars
$293.08
-0.3%
$321.17
+9.6%
+17.7%$209.56B$25.92B25.87150,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.7415 of 5 stars
$68.04
-1.3%
$75.68
+11.2%
-6.5%$22.29B$8.41B23.0637,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.2612 of 5 stars
$140.04
-1.3%
$124.43
-11.1%
+65.7%$5.97B$1.25B499.5412,826Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
YUMC
Yum China
4.7378 of 5 stars
$47.50
+3.8%
$48.70
+2.5%
+49.9%$17.63B$11.30B19.87351,000News Coverage
Positive News

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