In the latest trading session, Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) closed at $34.59, marking a +1.47% move from the previous day. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.02%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.63%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 1.23%.
The Mexican food chain's shares have seen an increase of 4.83% over the last month, surpassing the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 0.87% and the S&P 500's gain of 0.63%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Chipotle Mexican Grill in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on April 29, 2026. In that report, analysts expect Chipotle Mexican Grill to post earnings of $0.24 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 17.24%. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $3.07 billion, indicating a 6.78% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $1.14 per share and a revenue of $12.92 billion, demonstrating changes of -2.56% and +8.33%, respectively, from the preceding year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Chipotle Mexican Grill. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which varies between #1 (Strong Buy) and #5 (Strong Sell), carries an impressive track record of exceeding expectations, confirmed by external audits, with stocks at #1 delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has shifted 0.11% upward. Chipotle Mexican Grill is holding a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell) right now.
From a valuation perspective, Chipotle Mexican Grill is currently exchanging hands at a Forward P/E ratio of 29.91. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 19.29, so one might conclude that Chipotle Mexican Grill is trading at a premium comparatively.
We can additionally observe that CMG currently boasts a PEG ratio of 2.09. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Retail - Restaurants industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.89 as trading concluded yesterday.
The Retail - Restaurants industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 191, putting it in the bottom 22% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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