Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

CMG Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.9 billion, up 5.41% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+9.65%
EPS
−7.38%
Free cash flow
−14.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

34.71 0.69 −1.95%
Market cap
$44.8B
P/E
33.1×
Fwd P/E
29.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
6.99
Beneish M
−2.60
Dividend safety
n/a

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) Gross margin

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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 23.8%, down 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (25.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.8% (fiscal 2016) to 26.7% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Restaurants industry median of 38.9% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 25.4% (1.29)
FY2024 26.7% 0.47
FY2023 26.2% 2.32
FY2022 23.9% 1.26
FY2021 22.6% 5.22
FY2020 17.4% (3.05)
FY2019 20.5% 1.72
FY2018 18.7% 1.84
FY2017 16.9% 4.13
FY2016 12.8% (13.33)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 23.3% (1.89)
Jun 2026 25.2% 1.94
Mar 2026 23.3% (0.14)
Dec 2025 23.4% (1.07)
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Against its own ten years

Low 12.8% High 26.7%
Ten-year median 22.6%
Current reading's percentile 65

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 67.7%
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 67.4%
MCD McDonald's Corporation compare 57.6%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 48.7%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 40.0%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 23.8%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 21.7%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 15.7%
YUMC Yum China compare 0.00%
Restaurants industry median 38.9%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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