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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.31%, EPS was flat and free cash flow grew 15.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for five consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for five.

29.89 0.69 −2.26%
Market cap
$38.7B
P/E
27.4×
Fwd P/E
26.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
6.99
Beneish M
−2.60
Dividend safety
n/a

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) Operating margin

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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.7%, down 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.89% (fiscal 2016) to 17.0% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 4.30% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.57%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 16.2% (0.71)
FY2024 16.9% 1.16
FY2023 15.8% 2.34
FY2022 13.4% 2.77
FY2021 10.7% 5.82
FY2020 4.85% (3.10)
FY2019 7.95% 2.64
FY2018 5.31% (0.74)
FY2017 6.05% 5.16
FY2016 0.89% (16.07)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 15.7% 2.84
Mar 2026 12.9% (1.23)
Dec 2025 14.1% (1.80)
Sep 2025 15.9% (2.36)
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Against its own ten years

Low 0.89% High 17.0%
Ten-year median 10.7%
Current reading's percentile 69

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
MCD McDonald's Corporation compare 46.2%
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 31.0%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 26.9%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 19.7%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 14.7%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 11.7%
YUMC Yum China compare 11.1%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation compare 7.77%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 7.75%
Restaurants industry median 4.30%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.57%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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