CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. vs Brinker International, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CMG and EAT diverge most: on debt / equity, CMG reads 0.00 and EAT reads 1.00; on p/s, CMG reads 3.25 and EAT reads 1.49. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CMG price has a different growth bar priced in than EAT (+19.9% implied for CMG vs +10.4% for EAT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CMG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What EAT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CMG | EAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.58 | $193.83 |
| Market cap | $40.4B | $8.6B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.9% | +10.4% |
| P/E | 29.0 | 17.8 |
| P/B | 18.36 | 19.44 |
| P/S | 3.25 | 1.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.3 | 10.7 |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% | +8.4% |
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 10.9% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 64.5% | 109.8% |
| Return on assets | 16.0% | 17.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 62.6% | 55.1% |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.72 | 0.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.17 | 8.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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