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CMG vs WEN

Side-by-side comparison of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) and Wendy's Company (WEN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CMG and WEN operate in Restaurants (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CMG is the larger of the two at $41.68B, about 32.2x WEN ($1.30B).
  • Over the past year, CMG is down 38.5% and WEN is down 43.4% - CMG leads by 4.9 points.
  • WEN has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 16 for CMG).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCMG-38.46%WEN-43.40%
2025-06-20+0.00%2026-06-18
MetricCMGWEN
Company
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
Wendy's Company
Price
$32.48+1.96%
$6.80-2.09%
Market cap
$41.68B
$1.30B
1M return
-1.65%
-16.36%
1Y return
-38.46%
-43.40%
Industry
Restaurants
Restaurants
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2006
News (4w)
16
17
Recent ratings
25
25
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.

WEN

Wendy's Company

The Wendy's Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick-service restaurant company. It operates through three segments: Wendy's U.S., Wendy's International, and Global Real Estate & Development. The company is involved in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants specializing in hamburger sandwiches. As of January 3, 2021, it operated approximately 361 Company-operated restaurants; 5,520 franchised restaurants in the United States; and 947 franchised restaurants internationally. The company also owns and leases real estate properties. It owns 509 and leases 1,245 properties, which are leased or subleased primarily to franchisees. The company was formerly known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. and changed its name to The Wendy's Company in July 2011. The Wendy's Company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.

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