Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) Recovers 16.15% From 52-Week Low, Is CMG Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) currently has a daily average trading volume of 14.12M but it saw 11357690 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 69.58B USD, the company’s current market price of $51.64 came rising about 2.54 while comparing to the previous closing price of $50.36. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $69.26 and as low as $44.46.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) gives us an average price of $49.76, while its current price level is -25.44% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 16.15% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $50.09 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $55.69. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.39% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.87%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 56.21 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Loop Capital upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on March 14, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $58-$65. Morgan Stanley issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $65 and $70.

Over the week, CMG’s stock price is moving 2.22% up while it is 10.65% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -14.36% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -18.17%.

Currently, Chipotle Mexican Grill’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.35B with 0.68% of that held by the insiders while 88.68% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 19.92% and return on equity (ROE) at 45.57%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 45.37 while having a 35.86 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.09. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 19.97 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.06. Its return on asset (ROA) is 17.89% on average.