Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) ended the recent trading session at $39.00, demonstrating a -2.4% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 2.06%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 1.76%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 2.39%.
Coming into today, shares of the Mexican food chain had gained 5.38% in the past month. In that same time, the Retail-Wholesale sector gained 5.12%, while the S&P 500 gained 1.63%.
The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of Chipotle Mexican Grill in its upcoming release. The company is slated to reveal its earnings on February 3, 2026. The company's earnings per share (EPS) are projected to be $0.24, reflecting a 4% decrease from the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $2.97 billion, indicating a 4.22% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $1.16 per share and a revenue of $11.9 billion, demonstrating changes of +3.57% and 0%, respectively, from the preceding year.
Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Chipotle Mexican Grill. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the business outlook.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To take advantage of this, we've established the Zacks Rank, an exclusive model that considers these estimated changes and delivers an operational 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 past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.32% higher. As of now, Chipotle Mexican Grill holds a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
With respect to valuation, Chipotle Mexican Grill is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 33.41. This represents a premium compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 20.07.
It's also important to note that CMG currently trades at a PEG ratio of 3.8. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Retail - Restaurants was holding an average PEG ratio of 2.16 at yesterday's closing price.
The Retail - Restaurants industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 202, this industry ranks in the bottom 18% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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