William Blair Issues Negative Outlook for CMG Earnings

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) – Stock analysts at William Blair dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 5th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.34. The consensus estimate for Chipotle Mexican Grill’s current full-year earnings is $1.11 per share.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The restaurant operator reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.01. Chipotle Mexican Grill had a return on equity of 43.20% and a net margin of 13.51%.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on CMG. Oppenheimer raised their target price on Chipotle Mexican Grill from $65.00 to $69.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Chipotle Mexican Grill from $65.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Chipotle Mexican Grill from $70.00 to $68.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Chipotle Mexican Grill from $62.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Stephens decreased their price objective on Chipotle Mexican Grill from $61.00 to $60.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $66.31.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Price Performance

Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill stock opened at $57.27 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $60.27 and a 200 day moving average of $57.84. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a 12 month low of $47.98 and a 12 month high of $69.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $78.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.27.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Chipotle Mexican Grill news, insider Laurie Schalow sold 4,404 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.01, for a total value of $286,304.04. Following the sale, the insider now owns 185,792 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,078,337.92. This represents a 2.32 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Chipotle Mexican Grill

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of CMG. Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd acquired a new stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill in the fourth quarter valued at $692,701,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill during the fourth quarter valued at $315,220,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill by 1,087.9% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 4,712,724 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $271,547,000 after acquiring an additional 4,315,983 shares during the last quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill during the third quarter valued at $109,396,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its position in Chipotle Mexican Grill by 674.3% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,122,778 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $122,314,000 after buying an additional 1,848,625 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.31% of the company’s stock.

About Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. It sells food and beverages through offering burritos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, tacos, and salads. The company also provides delivery and related services its app and website. It has operations in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.