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Chipotle: Revenues Rising, Comp Sales Positive, Costs Declining: Signs Of A Turnaround?
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is off to a strong start in 2017. The company reported its Q1 2017 earnings on April 25 th and beat analyst expectations in both revenues and EPS (earnings per share). The company also reported strong growth in...
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Here’s What To Expect In Chipotle’s Q1 2017 Earnings
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is set to report its Q1 2017 earnings on April 25 th 2017. After an extremely difficult 2016, the company is beginning to show signs of improvement as its efforts towards better food safety and promotions to at...
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Are Chipotle’s Food Safety Efforts Finally Paying Off?
For the past year, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has been struggling to recover from the damage its reputation incurred following its E.coli crisis in late 2015. Store traffic has declined, while the company has had to spend more on marketi...
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Here’s How Mounting Expenses Can Impact Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Valuation
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has been a work in progress for more than a year now. After an E. coli outbreak in its food last year, the company is still struggling to grow its sales and attract customers to its stores. Further, it is spend...
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Can Shorter Wait Times Benefit An Ailing Chipotle Mexican Grill ?
Recently, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) announced that it had completed the roll out of its “Smarter Pickup Times” technology to all its restaurants that offer digital ordering. This technology allows the company to process more digital ord...
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Can The Mexico Tax Be Another Big Blow To Chipotle Mexican Grill?
As President Trump seeks a 20% Mexico import tax to pay for the proposed border wall, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), which imports avocados from Mexico (exclusively in certain months of the year), is likely to face an increase in its raw ma...
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Chipotle Rebounds After Q4’16 Results; Costs Will Continue To Grow In 2017
Releasing its fourth quarter earnings on 2nd February 2017, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) reported a rise in its revenues. However, the company missed the consensus estimate for not only revenue but also earnings. This indicates that despi...
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Chipotle’s Top Line May See Improvement In Q4’16; Fundamentals Remain Weak
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is scheduled to announce its fourth quarter and full year results on 2nd February, 2017. In the third quarter, the company continued to see its revenues drop, owing to the continued impact of the E.coli incident...
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Here’s How Chipotle Mexican Grill Plans To Drive Revenues In 2017
The year 2017 has started on a positive note for Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG). The company reported a nearly 15% increase in same store sales for December 2016, indicating that it is finally seeing some positive traction after reeling unde...
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New Year, New Chipotle?
The year 2016 was another miss for Chipotle. The company continued to find conditions challenging, and failed to see any meaningful improvement in its key metrics. The third quarter results, with comparable sales down -22% y-o-y and revenues down...
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Is Starbucks The Brightest Restaurant Stock For The Future?
The year 2016 has been an eventful one for restaurant companies. While Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is still recovering from its food virus scandal, McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) has been aggressively pushing new initiatives to drive sales....
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A Closer Look At Chipotle’s Future Strategy
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) recently announced management changes, even as it struggles to regain its footing a full year after the E-Coli food virus hit its products. The company’s co-CEO Monty Moran stepped down from his post and will r...
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Chipotle Continues To Flounder In 2016
The year 2016 was another miss for Chipotle. The company continued to find conditions challenging, and failed to see any meaningful improvement in its key metrics. The third quarter results, with comparable sales down -22% y-o-y and revenues down...
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Why Have We Revised Our Price Estimate For Chipotle Downwards?
Chipotle Mexican Grill’s (CMG) recent earnings failed to impress, despite the company’s many efforts to revive growth. One of the most watched metric for the industry, comparable sales, which was estimated to fall by roughly 19% by a...
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Is This The New Normal For Chipotle?
Who would have thought the outbreak of E.coli linked to the America’s fastest growing fast food chain, Chipotle, would have turned into never-ending, uphill battle for the company. There is nothing that the company hasn’t done to reva...
