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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058090-24-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMG"
cik: "0001058090"
company_name: "CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:51:29.341434+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chipotle Q3 revenue $2.8B (+13%), comps +6%, EPS $0.28; $900M buyback authorized

## Summary
- Total revenue $2.8B (+13% YoY); comparable sales +6% driven by transaction growth of 3.3%.
- Diluted EPS $0.28 (adj. $0.27), up 21.7% from $0.23; operating margin improved to 16.9%.
- Restaurant-level operating margin slipped to 25.5% from 26.3% due to avocado/dairy inflation and generous portions.
- Opened 86 new company-operated restaurants (73 with Chipotlane); digital sales 34% of food revenue.
- Board authorized $900M additional stock repurchase, supplementing prior authorizations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058090-24-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMG
- cik: 0001058090
- company_name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-29T23:59:59+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/1058090/000105809024000048/0001058090-24-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000048/cmg-20241029.htm

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