Chipotle Mexican Grill price to free cash flow CMG

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 22.2×
10-year median: 53.7×
Against its 10-year history: 0th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 22.2× to 153×
Peer median: 23.6×

Chipotle Mexican Grill's price to free cash flow is 22.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 53.7×, lower than on 100% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 22.2× in Oct 2026 to 153× in Apr 2017.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 23.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 53.7×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	22.2×	22.2×	35.4×
2025	31.8×	25.7×	65.0×
2024	66.2×	43.8×	71.2×
2023	45.2×	37.3×	59.5×
2022	42.6×	42.6×	87.9×
2021	96.2×	87.5×	149×
2020	98.8×	40.5×	102×
2019	66.7×	39.6×	71.6×
2018	36.9×	28.5×	50.4×
2017	38.0×	35.9×	153×
2016	101×	28.9×	110×
2015	33.5×	33.5×	50.9×
2014	45.1×	41.0×	57.6×
2013	51.5×	34.4×	53.1×
2012	41.9×	35.0×	64.7×
2011	42.4×	37.8×	57.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest Chipotle Mexican Grill's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill	22.2×
QSRRestaurant Brands International	21.0×
YUMYum! Brands	24.3×
DRIDarden Restaurants	22.8×
YUMCYum China	16.2×
ARMKAramark	32.0×
TXRHTexas Roadhouse	26.8×
SBUXStarbucks	31.6×
EATBrinker International	13.7×
BROSDutch Bros	76.3×
MCDMcDonald's	22.7×
Peer median	23.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.