Growth Metrics

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.11% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.11% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.13%, a 1.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.13%, down 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.11% for Q4 2025 at Chipotle Mexican Grill, down from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.15% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.06% in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.12% and a median of 0.12% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Sales was 9bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -6bps in 2021.
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill's Return on Sales stood at 0.06% in 2021, then surged by 66bps to 0.1% in 2022, then increased by 9bps to 0.11% in 2023, then rose by 4bps to 0.12% in 2024, then dropped by -5bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CMG's Return on Sales are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.13% (Q3 2025), and 0.14% (Q2 2025).