CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. vs RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CMG and QSR diverge most: on debt / equity, CMG reads 0.00 and QSR reads 2.52; on return on invested capital, CMG reads 62.6% and QSR reads 11.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CMG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What QSR'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 | QSR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $37.25 | $73.98 |
| Market cap | $47.6B | $34.0B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 34.2 | 26.1 |
| P/B | 21.66 | 6.42 |
| P/S | 3.84 | 3.54 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.6 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% | +9.4% |
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 26.8% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 13.6% |
| Return on equity | 64.5% | 24.6% |
| Return on assets | 16.0% | 5.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 62.6% | 11.8% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 4.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 2.52 |
| Current ratio | 0.72 | 0.99 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.83 | 1.61 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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