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CMG vs LOCO

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

Summary

  • Both CMG and LOCO operate in Restaurants (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CMG is the larger of the two at $37.64B, about 89.4x LOCO ($420.9M).
  • Over the past year, CMG is down 42.7% and LOCO is up 26.9% - LOCO leads by 69.6 points.
  • CMG has been more active in the news (7 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for LOCO).
  • CMG has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 5 for LOCO).
PerformanceCMG-42.70%LOCO+26.87%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricCMGLOCO
Company
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.
Price
$29.30+3.97%
$13.81-0.14%
Market cap
$37.64B
$420.9M
1M return
-10.40%
+3.37%
1Y return
-42.70%
+26.87%
Industry
Restaurants
Restaurants
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2006
2014
News (4w)
7
5
Recent ratings
25
5
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.

LOCO

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. As of March 11, 2021, the company operated approximately 475 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses one restaurant in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.

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