Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, YUM or CMG?

Yum! Brands has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in YUM or CMG?

82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YUM or CMG?

Chipotle Mexican Grill received 581 more outperform votes than Yum! Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.30% of users gave Yum! Brands an outperform vote while only 59.85% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yum! Brands	Outperform Votes 1065 65.30%	Underperform Votes 566 34.70%
Chipotle Mexican Grill	Outperform Votes 1646 59.85%	Underperform Votes 1104 40.15%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, YUM or CMG?

Yum! Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chipotle Mexican Grill. Yum! Brands 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yum! Brands	$7.08B	5.53	$1.60B	$5.59	24.88
Chipotle Mexican Grill	$9.87B	8.01	$1.23B	$44.35	65.04

Does the media favor YUM or CMG?

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 12 more articles in the media than Yum! Brands. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 21 mentions for Yum! Brands. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Yum! Brands' score of 0.63 indicating that Yum! Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yum! Brands	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chipotle Mexican Grill	11 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate YUM or CMG?

Yum! Brands presently has a consensus price target of $145.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.27%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus price target of $2,759.14, indicating a potential downside of 4.35%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yum! Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Chipotle Mexican Grill	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Is YUM or CMG more profitable?

Yum! Brands has a net margin of 22.57% compared to Yum! Brands' net margin of 12.45%. Yum! Brands' return on equity of 44.41% beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yum! Brands	22.57%	-17.76%	24.72%
Chipotle Mexican Grill	12.45%	44.41%	16.27%

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Yum! Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.