Chipotle Mexican Grill Investors Should Focus on This

By Blake Campbell • Friday, July 25 10:04 • Permanent Link

Shares of Restaurant Chain company Chipotle Mexican Grill climbed 2.2% this morning. Here are some quick facts to get you started if you are interested in the stock:

Chipotle Mexican Grill has logged a -8.2% 52 week change, compared to 16.6% for the S&P 500
CMG has an average analyst rating of buy and is -19.67% away from its mean target price of $58.19 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.13, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 41.4. The Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/E ratio is 20.93
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.31 and its forward P/E ratio is 35.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 17.77 in contrast to the Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/B ratio is 2.93
The current ratio is currently 1.5, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
CMG has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -3.0% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $1.51 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 34.8%
Chipotle Mexican Grill's revenues have an average growth rate of 14.4% with operating expenses growing at 11.6%. The company's current operating margins stand at 16.9%

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