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ARCO vs CMG

Side-by-side comparison of Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (ARCO) and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ARCO and CMG operate in Restaurants (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CMG is the larger of the two at $37.55B, about 21.7x ARCO ($1.73B).
  • Over the past year, ARCO is up 12.5% and CMG is down 42.0% - ARCO leads by 54.5 points.
  • CMG has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for ARCO).
  • CMG has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 9 for ARCO).
PerformanceARCO+12.48%CMG-42.04%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-09
MetricARCOCMG
Company
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
Price
$8.38+2.07%
$29.64+1.23%
Market cap
$1.73B
$37.55B
1M return
-7.10%
-8.73%
1Y return
+12.48%
-42.04%
Industry
Restaurants
Restaurants
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2011
2006
News (4w)
4
8
Recent ratings
9
25
ARCO

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc.

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. operates as a franchisee of McDonald's restaurants. The company has the exclusive right to own, operate, and grant franchises of McDonald's restaurants in 20 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas, and Venezuela. As of December 31, 2020, it operated or franchised 2,236 restaurants. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.

CMG

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. As of December 31, 2020, it owned and operated 2,724 Chipotle restaurants in the United States, 40 international Chipotle restaurants, and 4 non-Chipotle restaurants. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

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