Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) vs Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and Starbucks Corporation are both Restaurants companies. Starbucks Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $106.5B against $40.8B — 2.6× the size. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 28.7× against 54.5×. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.31% against 4.49%. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.4% vs 5.17%) and the lower return on invested capital (74.8% vs 93.0%). Both pay a dividend; Starbucks Corporation yields more (2.39% vs 1.90%). Across the 22 metrics below, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. leads on 15 and Starbucks Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric CMG SBUX Restaurants median
P/E 28.74 54.52 22.14
P/S 3.22 2.82 0.91
P/B 18.19 n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow 25.51 29.68 19.41
EV/EBITDA 17.90 25.36 11.48
EV/Sales 3.17 3.07 1.20
Earnings yield 3.48% 1.83% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 3.92% 3.37% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric CMG SBUX Restaurants median
Gross margin 24.13% 67.70% 38.77%
Operating margin 14.65% 7.77% 4.30%
Net margin 11.42% 5.17% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 12.63% 9.50% 3.12%
Return on equity 49.56% (25.84%) 3.07%
Return on assets 15.66% 6.40% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 74.75% 92.99% 3.14%

Growth

Metric CMG SBUX Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.31% 4.49% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2.70% (50.76%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.79% 9.60% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 33.98% 14.87% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMG SBUX Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.00 (1.73) 0.10
Current ratio 0.72 0.76 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 2.68 0.43

Dividend

Metric CMG SBUX Restaurants median
Dividend yield 1.90% 2.39% 2.32%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.63 0.00

Size

Metric CMG SBUX Restaurants median
Market cap 40.75b 106.50b 482.66m

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