Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) vs Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and Darden Restaurants, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $38.7B against $24.3B — 1.6× the size. Darden Restaurants, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.0× against 27.4×. Darden Restaurants, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.10% against 7.31%. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.4% vs 8.85%) and the higher return on invested capital (74.8% vs 28.0%). Across the 22 metrics below, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. leads on 11 and Darden Restaurants, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CMG DRI Restaurants median
P/E 27.42 20.98 24.26
P/S 3.07 1.84 0.92
P/B 17.36 11.88 2.01
Price to free cash flow 24.33 23.13 20.49
EV/EBITDA 17.06 12.19 11.76
EV/Sales 3.02 1.95 1.24
Earnings yield 3.65% 4.77% 2.07%
Free cash flow yield 4.11% 4.32% 3.58%

Profitability

Metric CMG DRI Restaurants median
Gross margin 24.13% 21.66% 38.77%
Operating margin 14.65% 11.69% 4.30%
Net margin 11.42% 8.85% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 12.63% 7.95% 3.12%
Return on equity 49.56% 55.07% 3.72%
Return on assets 15.66% 9.10% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 74.75% 28.04% 3.14%

Growth

Metric CMG DRI Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.31% 8.10% 5.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2.70% 17.16% (7.75%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.79% 12.92% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 33.98% 13.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMG DRI Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.79 0.10
Current ratio 0.72 0.30 0.77
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 0.66 0.43

Dividend

Metric CMG DRI Restaurants median
Dividend yield — 2.88% 1.97%
Payout ratio — 0.61 0.42

Size

Metric CMG DRI Restaurants median
Market cap 38.70b 24.25b 493.91m

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