Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is -11.82% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $47.98 and a high of $69.26 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CMG stock was last observed hovering at around $54.33 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.16%.
Currently trading at $53.17, the stock is -3.48% and -7.25% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 12.7 million and changing -2.14% at the moment leaves the stock -9.02% off its SMA200. CMG registered -1.13% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -4.42%.
The stock witnessed a -8.88% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.31%, and is 1.33% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.37% over the week and 3.12% over the month.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) has around 130504 employees, a market worth around $72.06B and $11.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 47.72 and Fwd P/E is 34.44. Profit margin for the company is 13.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.82% and -23.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.37%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 15.84% this year.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 1.36B, and float is at 1.34B with Short Float at 1.72%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 119.81 million shares valued at $7.51 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.7309% of the CMG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 109.51 million shares valued at $$6.86 billion to account for 7.9808 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 55.09 million shares representing 4.0129% and valued at over $3.45 billion, while PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ holds 3.75 of the shares totaling 51.48 million with a market value of $3.23 billion.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Garner Curtis E,the company’sChief Customer & Techlgy Ofcr. SEC filings show that Garner Curtis E sold 20,937 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 25 ’25 at a price of $52.36 per share for a total of $1.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.42 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 10 ’25, McConnell Jamie (Chief Accountg & Admin Officer) disposed off 11,319 shares at an average price of $58.70 for $0.66 million. The insider now directly holds 28,064 shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) that is trading 4.38% up over the past 12 months. Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) that is 22.27% higher over the same period.
