---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058090-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMG"
cik: "0001058090"
company_name: "CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:13:51.687790+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chipotle Q4 diluted EPS $0.25 (+4.2%); comp sales -2.5%; FY revenue $11.9B (+5.4%)

## Summary
- Q4 total revenue $3.0B, up 4.9% YoY; comparable restaurant sales declined 2.5%.
- Diluted EPS $0.25 ($0.25 adjusted, flat YoY); FY diluted EPS $1.14 (+2.7%), adjusted $1.17 (+4.5%).
- Q4 operating margin 14.1% (down from 14.6%); restaurant-level margin 23.4% (down from 24.8%).
- Opened 132 company-owned restaurants in Q4, 334 for the full year (record); launched 'Recipe for Growth' strategy.
- Full year total revenue increased 5.4% to $11.9 billion; comp restaurant sales decreased 1.7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058090-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMG
- cik: 0001058090
- company_name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809026000007/0001058090-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809026000007/cmg-20260203.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-26-000007
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-26-000007.txt

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