Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) vs McDonald's Corporation (MCD)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and McDonald's Corporation are both Restaurants companies. McDonald's Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $168.6B against $40.8B — 4.1× the size. McDonald's Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 19.2× against 28.7×. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.31% against 6.30%. McDonald's Corporation has the higher net margin (31.7% vs 11.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (21.1% vs 74.8%). Both pay a dividend; McDonald's Corporation yields more (2.31% vs 1.90%). Across the 22 metrics below, McDonald's Corporation leads on 13 and Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CMG MCD Restaurants median
P/E 28.74 19.21 22.14
P/S 3.22 6.05 0.91
P/B 18.19 n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow 25.51 21.15 19.41
EV/EBITDA 17.90 13.84 11.48
EV/Sales 3.17 7.53 1.20
Earnings yield 3.48% 5.21% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 3.92% 4.73% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric CMG MCD Restaurants median
Gross margin 24.13% 57.38% 38.77%
Operating margin 14.65% 46.22% 4.30%
Net margin 11.42% 31.72% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 12.63% 28.63% 3.12%
Return on equity 49.56% (464.67%) 3.07%
Return on assets 15.66% 14.71% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 74.75% 21.05% 3.14%

Growth

Metric CMG MCD Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.31% 6.30% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2.70% 4.92% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.79% 6.96% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 33.98% 12.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMG MCD Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.00 (38.97) 0.10
Current ratio 0.72 1.08 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 2.69 0.43

Dividend

Metric CMG MCD Restaurants median
Dividend yield 1.90% 2.31% 2.32%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.55 0.00

Size

Metric CMG MCD Restaurants median
Market cap 40.75b 168.57b 482.66m

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