Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is -14.31% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $47.55 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 $50.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.46%.
Currently trading at $51.67, the stock is 3.36% and -3.53% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 12.13 million and changing 2.91% at the moment leaves the stock -9.59% off its SMA200. CMG registered -11.12% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.89%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $53.5598 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $57.14992.
The stock witnessed a -4.90% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.99%, and is 4.36% 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 2.65% over the week and 3.01% over the month.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) has around 130504 employees, a market worth around $70.03B and $11.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 46.38 and Fwd P/E is 33.68. Profit margin for the company is 13.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.66% and -25.40% 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 15.15% this year.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Top Institutional Holders
2097.0 institutions hold shares in Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), with institutional investors hold 88.77% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.36B, and float is at 1.34B with Short Float at 1.54%. Institutions hold 88.15% of the Float.
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 7.9773 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Garner Curtis E, the company’s Chief Customer & Techlgy Ofcr. SEC filings show that Garner Curtis E sold 6,940 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 11 ’25 at a price of $50.53 per share for a total of $0.35 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.42 million shares.
Chipotle Mexican Grill disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 12 ’25 that Garner Curtis E (Chief Customer & Techlgy Ofcr) sold a total of 6,930 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 12 ’25 and was made at $50.21 per share for $0.35 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.42 million shares of the CMG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 13 ’25, Garner Curtis E (Chief Customer & Techlgy Ofcr) disposed off 6,891 shares at an average price of $48.56 for $0.33 million. The insider now directly holds 418,482 shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).
