Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) reported Operating Margin of 16.23% for FY2025, down 4.17% year-over-year from 16.94% in FY2024.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 16.23% in FY2025.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 12.86%, down 381.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 15.27% (down 174.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 16.23%, down 71.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin slipped to 16.23% in FY2025 per CMG's latest filing, from 16.94% in the prior year.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.94% in FY2024 and troughed at 10.67% in FY2021.
  • A 5-year average of 14.61% and a median of 15.78% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Operating Margin jumped 582 bps in 2021, then sank 71 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 10.67% in 2021, then advanced by 26 bps to 13.44% in 2022, then climbed by 17 bps to 15.78% in 2023, then gained by 7 bps to 16.94% in 2024, then slipped by 4 bps to 16.23% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows CMG's Operating Margin at 16.23% in FY2025, 16.94% in FY2024, and 15.78% in FY2023.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Yr)
1 Starbucks 116.50 Bn 114.81 Bn 9.40 Bn -
2 Yum Brands 42.44 Bn 41.76 Bn 1.38 Bn -
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 40.63 Bn 39.76 Bn 2.61 Bn -
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.63 Bn 26.17 Bn 2.14 Bn -
5 Darden Restaurants 24.42 Bn 24.18 Bn 3.31 Bn -
6 Yum China Holdings 15.41 Bn 13.98 Bn 3.24 Bn -
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.06 Bn 10.87 Bn 1.40 Bn -
8 Dominos Pizza 10.50 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn -
9 Cava 10.23 Bn 9.84 Bn 797.57 Mn 4.69%
10 Dutch Bros 8.24 Bn 8.21 Bn 107.48 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 16.23%
Dec 31, 2024 16.94%
Dec 31, 2023 15.78%
Dec 31, 2022 13.44%
Dec 31, 2021 10.67%
Dec 31, 2020 4.85%
Dec 31, 2019 7.95%
Dec 31, 2018 5.31%
Dec 31, 2017 6.05%
Dec 31, 2016 0.89%
Dec 31, 2015 16.96%
Dec 31, 2014 17.30%
Dec 31, 2013 16.57%
Dec 31, 2012 16.69%
Dec 31, 2011 15.45%
Dec 31, 2010 15.68%
Dec 31, 2009 13.42%