Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. vs BIO-TECHNE Corp — how do they compare? Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. trades at $36.39 (market cap $46.99B), while BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $71.23 (market cap $11.12B). The key difference: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is far larger — about 4.2× BIO-TECHNE Corp's market cap, and BIO-TECHNE Corp pays a 0.45% dividend while Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CMG | TECH | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $46.99B | $11.12B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Health |
52-Week High | $53.95 | $71.38 |
52-Week Low | $28.17 | $43.31 |
Enterprise Value | $51.36B | $11.20B |
Dividend Yield | — | 0.45% |
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Chipotle Mexican Grill is the largest fast-casual chain restaurant in the United States, with systemwide sales of $7.5 billion in 2021. The Mexican concept is entirely company-owned, with a footprint of more than 3,000 stores, heavily indexed to the United States (though the firm maintains a small presence in Canada, the U.K., France, and Germany). Chipotle sells burritos, burrito bowls, tacos, quesadillas, and beverages, with a selling proposition built around competitive prices, high-quality food sourcing, speed of service, and convenience. The company generates its revenue entirely from restaurant sales and delivery fees.
Read more on CMG →Based in Minnesota, Bio-Techne is a life sciences manufacturer supplying consumables and instruments for the pharma, biotech, academic, and diagnostic markets. The company reports in two segments, protein sciences (75% of revenue), and diagnostics and genomics (25%). The protein-focused segment makes equipment and associated consumables for protein characterization and analysis and sells antibodies for research and clinical purposes. In diagnostics, Bio-Techne provides controls and calibrators for diagnostic manufacturers and has a portfolio of diagnostic oncology assays. The United States accounts for about 55% of revenue, and the firm also has operations in EMEA (20% of sales), the U.K. (5%), and APAC (15%), with the rest of the world accounting for the remaining 5%.
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