secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC (CMG)
CIK:        0001058090
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001058090-25-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chipotle Q4 comparable sales +5.4%, EPS $0.24 (+20%); authorizes $300M buyback
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- Q4 revenue $2.8B (+13.1%), diluted EPS $0.24 (+20% YoY); adjusted EPS $0.25 (+19%).
- Full year 2024 revenue $11.3B (+14.6%), diluted EPS $1.11 (+24.7%); adjusted EPS $1.12 (+24.4%).
- Q4 comparable sales +5.4% driven by 4.0% transaction growth; full year comp +7.4% with 5.3% transaction growth.
- Operating margin expanded to 16.9% for FY2024 (15.8% in 2023); Q4 restaurant-level margin 24.8% vs 25.4% last year.
- Board authorized $300M stock repurchase; opened 304 company-owned restaurants in 2024 (257 with Chipotlane).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809025000008/0001058090-25-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809025000008/cmg-20250204.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-25-000008

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