Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) vs Brinker International, Inc. (EAT)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and Brinker International, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $39.6B against $9.1B — 4.3× the size. Brinker International, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.9× against 29.3×. Brinker International, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.86% against 7.31%. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.4% vs 8.39%) and the higher return on invested capital (74.8% vs 51.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. leads on 11 and Brinker International, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CMG EAT Restaurants median
P/E 29.28 18.91 25.63
P/S 3.28 1.59 0.98
P/B 18.54 20.79 2.01
Price to free cash flow 25.99 16.53 16.73
EV/EBITDA 18.24 11.38 11.88
EV/Sales 3.23 1.64 1.19
Earnings yield 3.41% 5.29% 2.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.85% 6.05% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric CMG EAT Restaurants median
Gross margin 24.13% 18.65% 38.95%
Operating margin 14.65% 10.67% 4.30%
Net margin 11.42% 8.39% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 12.63% 9.61% 3.12%
Return on equity 49.56% 119.57% 3.72%
Return on assets 15.66% 17.73% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 74.75% 51.43% 2.91%

Growth

Metric CMG EAT Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.31% 7.86% 5.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2.70% 30.65% (5.05%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.79% 11.71% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 33.98% 29.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMG EAT Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.95 0.20
Current ratio 0.72 0.45 0.78
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 0.37 0.43

Dividend

Metric CMG EAT Restaurants median
Dividend yield — — 1.91%
Payout ratio — — 0.45

Size

Metric CMG EAT Restaurants median
Market cap 39.58b 9.14b 577.22m

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