---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058090-22-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMG"
cik: "0001058090"
company_name: "CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:53:39.895692+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chipotle Q4 revenue up 22% to $2.0B; adj. EPS $5.58 (+60%); $200M buyback authorized

## Summary
- Q4 comparable restaurant sales rose 15.2%; total revenue $2.0 billion, up 22% YoY.
- Q4 adjusted diluted EPS $5.58, up 60.3% from $3.48; GAAP EPS $4.69 vs $6.69 (prior year included $3.77 tax benefit).
- Full year 2021 revenue $7.5 billion (+26.1%); adj. diluted EPS $25.42 (+136.9%); digital sales 45.6% of total.
- Board authorized $200 million common stock repurchase program in addition to prior authorizations.
- Restaurant-level operating margin improved 70 bps in Q4 to 20.2%; NA restaurant opportunity expanded to 7,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058090-22-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMG
- cik: 0001058090
- company_name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809022000005/0001058090-22-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809022000005/cmg-20220208x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-22-000005.txt

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