---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058090-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMG"
cik: "0001058090"
company_name: "CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T07:41:10.955145+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chipotle Q4 revenue up 15.4% to $2.5B, EPS $10.21; authorizes $200M stock buyback

## Summary
- Q4 comparable restaurant sales +8.4%; full year +7.9%, driven by throughput and menu innovation.
- Operating margin 14.4% (Q4) and 15.8% (FY); restaurant-level margin 25.4% and 26.2%.
- Diluted EPS $10.21 (+27.3% YoY); adjusted EPS $10.36; full year EPS $44.34 (+38.4%).
- Board authorized $200M stock repurchase program, in addition to prior authorizations.
- Opened 121 new restaurants in Q4 (110 with Chipotlane); full year 271 new openings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058090-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMG
- cik: 0001058090
- company_name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000006/0001058090-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000006/cmg-20240206x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-24-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-24-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-24-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC reported fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $2.5 billion, EPS $10.21.
  - Period: fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $2.5 billion
  - EPS: $10.21
  - Result: reported results
  source text: today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 202 3 . Fourth quarter highlights, year over year: · Total r evenue increased 15.4% to $2.5 billion · Comparable restaurant sales increased 8.4% · Operating margin was 1 4.4 %, an increase from 13.6 % · Restaurant level operating margin was 25.4% 1 , an increase of 140 b asis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000006/0001058090-24-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.