Growth Metrics

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 7.66% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 723.0% to 7.66% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 12.14%, a 122.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 12.14%, down 122.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin was 7.66% for Q4 2025 at Chipotle Mexican Grill, down from 13.52% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 25.73% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.89% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 12.75% and a median of 12.84% in 2021 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: plummeted -1704bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 1730bps in 2023.
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill's FCF Margin stood at 16.14% in 2021, then crashed by -106bps to 0.89% in 2022, then surged by 1306bps to 10.76% in 2023, then plummeted by -96bps to 0.42% in 2024, then surged by 1720bps to 7.66% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CMG's FCF Margin are 7.66% (Q4 2025), 13.52% (Q3 2025), and 13.08% (Q2 2025).