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== Summary ==
== Summary ==


Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. As of February 15, 2022, it owned and operated approximately 3,000 restaurants in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and rest of Europe. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.
History of CMG
 
CMG was founded in 1993 by founder , Steve Ells with the first outlet opened in Denver , Colorado through a loan of $85,000 from his father,Bob Ells . The outlet was well received in the community and Steve was able to raise another $1.3m from friends and family for expansion purposes . 
 
With the help of a family friend , Steve was able to get an appointment with the management of McDonalds , who committed an investment of $50m to fuel rapid growth . With the help of a corporate overlord , CMG was able to grow its outlets from 13 to  500 by 2006 
 
In 2006 , the company decided to launch its IPO . McDonalds , which by that time owned approximately 90% of the shares decided to fully divest its stake from the company through the IPO and secondary market sale . 
 
Profile  
 
CMG is a QSR chain specialising in Mexican “fast-casual” food serving burritos , burrito bowls , salads , quesadillas , tacos , etc. The company takes pride in the fact that all of its food served is devoid of artificial flavours , colors and preservatives . Another USP of CMG is the fact that the company does not use any frozen ingredients or canned food in the preparation of menu items .  All  this is enshrined in the motto of the company  - “Real Ingredients . Real Purpose . Real Flavour .” 
 
As of 31/12/2022 , the company has 3187 restaurants spread across 5 countries – U.S.A , Canada , U.K. , France and Germany (CMG 2023) , but the company still derives a majority of its revenues ( 96.6% ) from the U.S.A , which has approximately 3102 restaurants as of 15/10/22  . The company has also recently stated that its aims to open new outlets in the Middle East – United Arab Emirates and Kuwait  in 2024 . The current , CEO – Brain Niccol has stated that the long-term vision of the company is to open 7000 outlets in North America with planned expansion in other geographies as well  .
 
<u>Key Financial Data</u>  
 
Listed on : NYSE
 
Tickr        : CMG
 
Market capitalization : $52.774 billion ( as on 27/07/23 )
 
P/E = 55
 
P/S = 6.65
 
P/Book = 23.78
 
ROA = 12.6%
 
ROE = 44.74%
 
CMG has had a stellar run in the secondary market with the share price appreciating by 370.35% in the past 5 years . It had its debut on the stock exchange on January 26,2006 when the share opened at a price of $22 per share . Since then , the company has given a  return of  approximately 4761.66% to the initial IPO investors as compared to a return of 258.43% to index fund investors in the S&P 500 ( Capital IQ) during the same period .    
 
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 27 July 2023

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History of CMG

CMG was founded in 1993 by founder , Steve Ells with the first outlet opened in Denver , Colorado through a loan of $85,000 from his father,Bob Ells . The outlet was well received in the community and Steve was able to raise another $1.3m from friends and family for expansion purposes .

With the help of a family friend , Steve was able to get an appointment with the management of McDonalds , who committed an investment of $50m to fuel rapid growth . With the help of a corporate overlord , CMG was able to grow its outlets from 13 to  500 by 2006

In 2006 , the company decided to launch its IPO . McDonalds , which by that time owned approximately 90% of the shares decided to fully divest its stake from the company through the IPO and secondary market sale .

Profile  

CMG is a QSR chain specialising in Mexican “fast-casual” food serving burritos , burrito bowls , salads , quesadillas , tacos , etc. The company takes pride in the fact that all of its food served is devoid of artificial flavours , colors and preservatives . Another USP of CMG is the fact that the company does not use any frozen ingredients or canned food in the preparation of menu items .  All  this is enshrined in the motto of the company  - “Real Ingredients . Real Purpose . Real Flavour .”

As of 31/12/2022 , the company has 3187 restaurants spread across 5 countries – U.S.A , Canada , U.K. , France and Germany (CMG 2023) , but the company still derives a majority of its revenues ( 96.6% ) from the U.S.A , which has approximately 3102 restaurants as of 15/10/22 . The company has also recently stated that its aims to open new outlets in the Middle East – United Arab Emirates and Kuwait in 2024 . The current , CEO – Brain Niccol has stated that the long-term vision of the company is to open 7000 outlets in North America with planned expansion in other geographies as well .

Key Financial Data  

Listed on : NYSE

Tickr  : CMG

Market capitalization : $52.774 billion ( as on 27/07/23 )

P/E = 55

P/S = 6.65

P/Book = 23.78

ROA = 12.6%

ROE = 44.74%

CMG has had a stellar run in the secondary market with the share price appreciating by 370.35% in the past 5 years . It had its debut on the stock exchange on January 26,2006 when the share opened at a price of $22 per share . Since then , the company has given a  return of  approximately 4761.66% to the initial IPO investors as compared to a return of 258.43% to index fund investors in the S&P 500 ( Capital IQ) during the same period .