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Chipotle Mexican Grill
Guidance from Chipotle Mexican Grill’s last 8 earnings releases. Every value links to its sentence in the filing. See something wrong? Tell us.
Releases tracked
8
Latest release
Jul 29, 2026
Data checked
Jul 29, 2026
What changed in the Jul 29, 2026 release
Each item compared with the same item in the previous release (Apr 29, 2026). Values in quotation marks are the company’s words.
New — first stated in this releaseRaised / Lowered / Narrowed / Widened — changed from the prior releaseRevised — wording changed, direction not determinableChanged — value changed; the comparison couldn’t be parsed to a directionReiterated — restated unchangedNot restated — stated before, absent nowRaised and lowered describe the number, not whether the change is favorable.
| Change | Metric | Period | Previous | Now | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Comparable restaurant sales growth | for FY2026 | — | “low single digit range” | Filing ↗ |
| New | Estimated underlying full year effective tax rate before discrete items | for FY2026 | — | “between 24% and 26%” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | International partner-operated restaurant openings (included in new restaurant openings) | for FY2026 | “10 to 15” | “10 to 15” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | New restaurant openings | for FY2026 | “350 to 370” | “350 to 370” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | Share of new company-owned restaurants with a Chipotlane | for FY2026 | “Around 80%” | “Around 80%” | Filing ↗ |
Show 7 items not restated in this release
| Change | Metric | Period | Previous | Now | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not restated | Comparable restaurant sales | for FY2026 | “about flat” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Long-term AUV goal | for the long term | “beyond $4 million” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Long-term restaurant count goal in North America | for the long term | “7,000” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Long-term target of restaurants in North America | for the long term | “7,000” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Restaurant count goal | for the long term | “7,000 restaurants in the U.S and Canada” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Restaurant count goal, U.S. and Canada | for the long term | “7,000 restaurants in the U.S and Canada” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Restaurant goal in the U.S. and Canada | for the long term | “7,000” | — | Filing ↗ |
Current guidance
Guidance for periods that have not yet ended, at its most recent value, grouped by horizon.
Current fiscal year
| Metric | Current value | Period | Measure | First stated | Times stated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparable restaurant sales | “about flat” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 3, 2026 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| Comparable restaurant sales growth | “low single digit range” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Jul 29, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Estimated underlying effective full year tax rate before discrete items | “between 24% and 26%” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 3, 2026 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| Estimated underlying full year effective tax rate before discrete items | “between 24% and 26%” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Jul 29, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| International partner-operated restaurant openings | “10 to 15” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 3, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| International partner-operated restaurant openings (included in new restaurant openings) | “10 to 15” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Apr 29, 2026 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| International partner-operated restaurants (included in new openings) | “10 to 15” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Oct 29, 2025 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| New restaurant openings | “350 to 370” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Oct 29, 2025 | 4 | Filing ↗ |
| Share of new company-owned restaurants with a Chipotlane | “Around 80%” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Oct 29, 2025 | 4 | Filing ↗ |
Long term
| Metric | Current value | Period | Measure | First stated | Times stated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-term AUV goal | “beyond $4 million” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 4, 2025 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Long-term restaurant count goal in North America | “7,000” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 4, 2025 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Long-term target of restaurants in North America | “7,000” | for the long term | Company-defined | Oct 29, 2024 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Restaurant count goal | “7,000 restaurants in the U.S and Canada” | for the long term | Company-defined | Apr 23, 2025 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Restaurant count goal, U.S. and Canada | “7,000 restaurants in the U.S and Canada” | for the long term | Company-defined | Jul 23, 2025 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Restaurant goal in the U.S. and Canada | “7,000” | for the long term | Company-defined | Oct 29, 2025 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
No period stated
| Metric | Current value | Period | Measure | First stated | Times stated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share repurchase authorization | “an additional $1.3 billion” | — | Declared action | Jul 29, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
How one item moved
Share of new company-owned restaurants with a Chipotlane, for FY2026 — every statement across the year, each linked to its filing.
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Full history
Every metric, every release, eight quarters — the complete record as one table.
| Metric | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | Long-term | No period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparable restaurant sales | 3 statements | 4 statements | 1 statement | — | — |
| Estimated underlying effective full year tax rate before discrete items | 3 statements | 4 statements | 1 statement | — | — |
| International partner-operated restaurant openings | 4 statements | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term AUV goal | — | — | — | 1 statement | — |
| Long-term restaurant count goal in North America | — | — | — | 1 statement | — |
The full record for Chipotle Mexican Grill and its Restaurants peers, delivered as a Peer Guidance Briefing — PDF and Excel, every value linked to its filing.
Filings
The 8 earnings releases this page is built from.
| Filed | Fiscal period | Accession | Guidance items | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | FY2026 Q2 | 0001058090-26-000063 | 6 | Open filing ↗ |
| Apr 29, 2026 | FY2026 Q1 | 0001058090-26-000027 | 5 | Open filing ↗ |
| Feb 3, 2026 | FY2025 Q4 | 0001058090-26-000007 | 5 | Open filing ↗ |
| Oct 29, 2025 | FY2025 Q3 | 0001058090-25-000086 | 8 | Open filing ↗ |
| Jul 23, 2025 | FY2025 Q2 | 0001058090-25-000055 | 5 | Open filing ↗ |
| Apr 23, 2025 | FY2025 Q1 | 0001058090-25-000028 | 5 | Open filing ↗ |
| Feb 4, 2025 | FY2024 Q4 | 0001058090-25-000008 | 6 | Open filing ↗ |
| Oct 29, 2024 | FY2024 Q3 | 0001058090-24-000048 | 9 | Open filing ↗ |
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