The Latest Breaking News from Chipotle Mexican Grill

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill's (NYSE:CMG) short percent of float has risen 19.02% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.06 million shares sold short, which is 3.88% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 16.42% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.38%. Currently, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a market capitalization of $37.51 billion.

Analysts have provided the following ratings for Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) within the last quarter:

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According to Benzinga Pro, during Q1, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) earned $158.29 million, a 18.59% increase from the preceding quarter. Chipotle Mexican Grill also posted a total of $2.02 billion in sales, a 3.06% increase since Q4.

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Chipotle Mexican Grill. Looking at options history for Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) we detected 14 strange trades.

Chipotle Mexican Grill's (NYSE:CMG) short percent of float has risen 6.34% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 839.70 thousand shares sold short, which is 3.02% of all regular shares that are available for trading.