CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. vs SHAKE SHACK INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CMG and SHAK diverge most: on fcf yield, CMG reads 3.4% and SHAK reads -0.4%; on debt / equity, CMG reads 0.00 and SHAK reads 0.43. 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 SHAK's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CMG | SHAK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $36.20 | $63.66 |
| Market cap | $46.3B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.5% | — |
| P/E | 33.2 | 67.7 |
| P/B | 21.05 | 4.66 |
| P/S | 3.73 | 1.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.0 | 15.4 |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% | +17.3% |
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 64.5% | 7.0% |
| Return on assets | 16.0% | 2.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 62.6% | 5.0% |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | -0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.43 |
| Current ratio | 0.72 | 1.67 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.70 | 2.15 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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