Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors $50.12 +1.39 (+2.85%) Closing price 03/14/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$50.06 -0.06 (-0.13%) As of 07:37 AM 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 InterestSustainabilityTrends CMG vs. MCD, SBUX, YUM, DRI, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, 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), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), 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 Wendy's Cheesecake Factory Papa Johns International McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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$25.92B8.27$8.22B$11.3926.34Chipotle Mexican Grill$11.31B6.00$1.53B$1.1145.15 Do analysts rate MCD or CMG? McDonald's currently has a consensus price target of $323.61, indicating a potential upside of 7.87%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus price target of $66.85, indicating a potential upside of 33.38%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than McDonald's.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score McDonald's 0 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.62Chipotle Mexican Grill 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 20 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.79 Does the media prefer MCD or CMG? In the previous week, McDonald's had 42 more articles in the media than Chipotle Mexican Grill. MarketBeat recorded 91 mentions for McDonald's and 49 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat McDonald's' score of 1.02 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 61 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 15 Neutral mention(s) 7 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chipotle Mexican Grill 32 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive 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% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MCD or CMG? 70.3% of McDonald's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of McDonald's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, MCD or CMG? McDonald's has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCD or CMG? McDonald's received 363 more outperform votes than Chipotle Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.92% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMcDonald'sOutperform Votes208271.92% Underperform Votes81328.08% Chipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes171960.17% Underperform Votes113839.83% SummaryChipotle Mexican Grill beats McDonald's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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$67.81B$8.78B$24.24B$19.26BDividend YieldN/A4.53%171.27%3.80%P/E Ratio45.1424.0023.2633.11Price / Sales6.001.883.4526.93Price / Cash38.5819.1719.4917.55Price / Book18.565.605.474.51Net Income$1.53B$318.00M$784.47M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.20%-3.42%-2.70%-1.51%1 Month Performance-12.16%-8.87%-10.66%-5.71%1 Year Performance-9.09%2.55%-2.07%6.10% Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.7977 of 5 stars$50.12+2.8%$66.85+33.4%-9.1%$67.93B$11.31B45.14105,000Analyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓Positive NewsGap UpMCDMcDonald's4.1159 of 5 stars$320.95-0.1%$323.61+0.8%+7.5%$229.31B$25.92B28.18150,000Short Interest ↑Positive NewsSBUXStarbucks4.2501 of 5 stars$101.40-4.8%$105.75+4.3%+8.9%$115.18B$36.15B32.71361,000Positive NewsYUMYum! Brands4.0109 of 5 stars$159.01-2.2%$150.42-5.4%+13.3%$44.38B$7.55B30.4636,000Positive NewsDRIDarden Restaurants4.7133 of 5 stars$195.29+0.3%$192.52-1.4%+8.3%$22.88B$11.58B22.37179,000Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsDPZDomino's Pizza3.7559 of 5 stars$439.36-6.9%$503.41+14.6%-3.5%$15.07B$4.71B26.9911,000Ex-DividendInsider TradeTXRHTexas Roadhouse3.6155 of 5 stars$177.88-0.6%$192.73+8.3%+13.3%$11.87B$5.37B27.4991,000Short Interest ↑Positive NewsEATBrinker International3.6704 of 5 stars$135.91-3.9%$140.18+3.1%+190.7%$6.04B$4.83B23.5568,852WENWendy's4.3925 of 5 stars$15.54+0.0%$18.08+16.4%-16.3%$3.11B$2.25B16.3515,300Short Interest ↑CAKECheesecake Factory4.3546 of 5 stars$48.60-1.1%$52.19+7.4%+29.2%$2.51B$3.58B15.1847,900Short Interest ↑PZZAPapa Johns International4.2353 of 5 stars$48.86+1.8%$55.67+13.9%-37.7%$1.60B$2.06B17.0312,000 Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies McDonald's Competitors Starbucks Competitors Yum! 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