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Company snapshot — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc

CMG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Chipotle owns and runs fast-casual restaurants selling burritos, burrito bowls, tacos, quesadillas and salads made with meats raised under its own responsible-sourcing standard. Customers order at the counter, through its app and website, or via third-party delivery. It operates restaurants across the United States, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea and the United Kingdom, and is based in Newport Beach, California.
Where it sits in the stack
In our HALO Growth 100 index, the growth index outside the megacaps, Chipotle sits in the Better Food, Clean Label & Functional sleeve, where consumer eating habits are actually shifting toward less processed food. It is an operator rather than a supplier, so its exposure runs through repeat customer visits rather than through the ingredients it sources.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for the sleeve places it with Sprouts Farmers Market, CAVA Group, Dutch Bros, Bellring Brands, Freshpet and flavour houses Givaudan and Symrise; the market also names McDonald's as a comparison from the wider restaurant trade.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 index and carries a Closelooknet score, with capital allocation the strongest module and growth the weakest.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the growth module recovers relative to the stronger capital-allocation reading, which would suggest the sleeve's shift in eating habits is showing up again in the underlying business.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 36, quality 58, valuation 39) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CMG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Better Food, Clean Label & Functional · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Better Food, Clean Label & Functional

Flavour and fragrance houses, premium-format restaurants, functional-beverage challengers. Where consumer behaviour is actually changing.

Compared against CMG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-09-24

DayWeekMonth3 months
CMG−2.1%−4.5%−14.5%−0.8%
Better Food, Clean Label & Functional−0.5%+0.3%−13.8%—
HALO Growth 100−0.8%−0.5%−7.7%—

Against the index: 4.0 pts behind on the week, 6.8 pts behind on the month; against its Better Food, Clean Label & Functional sleeve 0.7 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 2.43 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CMG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 2.43 bn USD 5.9% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.5% in FY2025 120 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 2.43 bn USD · 168% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.27 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CMG has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.27 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc moved 0.27% on average · correlation 0.06 · higher than 26% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.22 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.10% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.14% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 60/100 · S&P 500 fund at 66, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-24
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.1% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-24
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: −0.7% week · −6.3% month · −2.5% quarter · −3.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-24
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.75 · up 0.21 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-24

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-25

Quick answers

What is Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG)?

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc trades as CMG on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-25.

Is CMG in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-09-25.

What is Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 36, quality 58 and valuation 39 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-25. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CMG trade against its moving averages?

Death cross: Its 50-day crossed below its 200-day 2 sessions ago — a death cross, the classic trend-turn-lower. As of 2026-09-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is CMG doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc is −14.5% against −7.7% for the HALO Growth 100 — 6.8 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-24. Its Better Food, Clean Label & Functional sleeve is −13.8% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc do?

Chipotle owns and runs fast-casual restaurants selling burritos, burrito bowls, tacos, quesadillas and salads made with meats raised under its own responsible-sourcing standard. Customers order at the counter, through its app and website, or via third-party delivery. It operates restaurants across the United States, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea and the United Kingdom, and is based in Newport Beach, California. Closelooknet's peer group for the sleeve places it with Sprouts Farmers Market, CAVA Group, Dutch Bros, Bellring Brands, Freshpet and flavour houses Givaudan and Symrise; the market also names McDonald's as a comparison from the wider restaurant trade.

Where does Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc sit in the AI build-out?

In our HALO Growth 100 index, the growth index outside the megacaps, Chipotle sits in the Better Food, Clean Label & Functional sleeve, where consumer eating habits are actually shifting toward less processed food. It is an operator rather than a supplier, so its exposure runs through repeat customer visits rather than through the ingredients it sources. It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 index and carries a Closelooknet score, with capital allocation the strongest module and growth the weakest.

Does Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 2.43 bn USD of its own shares, 168% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc had a beta of 0.27 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 26% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.10% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CMG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Restaurants. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.