Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) vs Restaurant Brands International Inc. (QSR)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and Restaurant Brands International Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $44.8B against $35.5B — 1.3× the size. Restaurant Brands International Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.3× against 33.1×. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.86% against 5.52%. Restaurant Brands International Inc. has the higher net margin (15.4% vs 10.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.13% vs 72.3%). Across the 22 metrics below, Restaurant Brands International Inc. leads on 12 and Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric CMG QSR Restaurants median
P/E 33.06 16.32 26.18
P/S 3.52 2.79 1.11
P/B 18.21 4.94 2.06
Price to free cash flow 29.61 16.60 17.92
EV/EBITDA 20.05 13.39 12.81
EV/Sales 3.45 4.08 1.29
Earnings yield 3.02% 6.13% 2.23%
Free cash flow yield 3.38% 6.03% 3.23%

Profitability

Metric CMG QSR Restaurants median
Gross margin 23.84% 48.71% 38.86%
Operating margin 14.12% 27.09% 4.59%
Net margin 10.83% 15.35% 1.83%
Free cash flow margin 11.88% 16.84% 2.47%
Return on equity 48.52% 28.06% 3.72%
Return on assets 14.72% 5.89% 1.10%
Return on invested capital 72.26% 9.13% 3.01%

Growth

Metric CMG QSR Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.86% 5.52% 5.52%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2.70% (26.10%) (5.05%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.79% 13.68% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 33.98% 9.81% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMG QSR Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.00 2.45 0.22
Current ratio 0.81 0.96 0.78
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 4.89 0.43

Dividend

Metric CMG QSR Restaurants median
Dividend yield — 3.28% 1.79%
Payout ratio — 0.60 0.45

Size

Metric CMG QSR Restaurants median
Market cap 44.78b 35.45b 612.23m

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