In the latest close session, Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) was up +1.75% at $39.26. The stock exceeded the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 0.13% for the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 0.27%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 0.07%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the Mexican food chain had lost 11.07% lagged the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 2.5% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.71%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Chipotle Mexican Grill in its upcoming release. The company plans to announce its earnings on October 29, 2025. On that day, Chipotle Mexican Grill is projected to report earnings of $0.29 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 7.41%. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $3.05 billion, indicating a 9.2% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $1.21 per share and revenue of $12.12 billion, which would represent changes of +8.04% and +7.13%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. To capitalize on this, we've crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.17% lower. As of now, Chipotle Mexican Grill holds a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Investors should also note Chipotle Mexican Grill's current valuation metrics, including its Forward P/E ratio of 31.97. This represents a premium compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 20.14.
It is also worth noting that CMG currently has a PEG ratio of 1.96. The PEG ratio is akin to the commonly utilized P/E ratio, but this measure also incorporates the company's anticipated earnings growth rate. As the market closed yesterday, the Retail - Restaurants industry was having an average PEG ratio of 2.32.
The Retail - Restaurants industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 182, positioning it in the bottom 27% 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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