Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Competitors

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor CMG or YUM?

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 8 more articles in the media than Yum! Brands. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 26 mentions for Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's score of 0.48 indicating that Yum! Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chipotle Mexican Grill	16 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Yum! Brands	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CMG or YUM?

91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CMG or YUM more profitable?

Yum! Brands has a net margin of 22.92% compared to Chipotle Mexican Grill's net margin of 12.70%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 43.74% beat Yum! Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chipotle Mexican Grill	12.70%	43.74%	16.55%
Yum! Brands	22.92%	-18.64%	24.65%

Which has more volatility & risk, CMG or YUM?

Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum! Brands has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CMG or YUM?

Yum! Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chipotle Mexican Grill. Yum! Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chipotle Mexican Grill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chipotle Mexican Grill	$9.87B	9.01	$1.23B	$46.86	69.13
Yum! Brands	$7.08B	5.47	$1.60B	$5.64	24.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMG or YUM?

Chipotle Mexican Grill received 590 more outperform votes than Yum! Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.28% of users gave Yum! Brands an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chipotle Mexican Grill	Outperform Votes 1658 59.88%	Underperform Votes 1111 40.12%
Yum! Brands	Outperform Votes 1068 65.28%	Underperform Votes 568 34.72%

Do analysts recommend CMG or YUM?

Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus target price of $3,137.12, suggesting a potential downside of 2.95%. Yum! Brands has a consensus target price of $143.53, suggesting a potential upside of 4.16%. Given Yum! Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chipotle Mexican Grill	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Yum! Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Yum! Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.