What if you invested in Chipotle in 2006?
CMG · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Chipotle in 2006
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $8,508(+750.8%)
The S&P 500 returned $8,508 on the same $1,000. Chipotle beat the market by $27,267.
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Chipotle vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2006 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Chipotle starting January 2006
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | $0.95 | $1,000 | - |
| 2007 | $1.19 | $1,250 | +25% |
| 2008 | $2.41 | $2,533 | +102.6% |
| 2009 | $0.96 | $1,005 | -60.3% |
| 2010 | $1.93 | $2,030 | +102% |
| 2011 | $4.38 | $4,607 | +127% |
| 2012 | $7.35 | $7,729 | +67.8% |
| 2013 | $6.14 | $6,461 | -16.4% |
| 2014 | $11.04 | $11,615 | +79.8% |
| 2015 | $14.20 | $14,938 | +28.6% |
| 2016 | $9.06 | $9,532 | -36.2% |
| 2017 | $8.43 | $8,869 | -7% |
| 2018 | $6.50 | $6,834 | -22.9% |
| 2019 | $10.59 | $11,145 | +63.1% |
| 2020 | $17.34 | $18,240 | +63.7% |
| 2021 | $29.60 | $31,145 | +70.8% |
| 2022 | $29.71 | $31,262 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | $32.93 | $34,646 | +10.8% |
| 2024 | $48.18 | $50,690 | +46.3% |
| 2025 | $58.35 | $61,395 | +21.1% |
| 2026 | $38.87 | $40,899 | -33.4% |
What this return means
$1,000 in Chipotle (CMG) in 2006 grew to $35,774. That works out to +3477.4%, about 36x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 19% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $8,508 on the same stake, putting Chipotle ahead by close to $27,267. The index compounded at about 11% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2011 at +127.0%, and the worst was 2009 at -60.3%. At its lowest point the position was down about 60% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Chipotle at the close of every month from January 2006 through June 2026 means 246 buys and $24,600 contributed over about 20.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$182,308
+641.1% on $24,600 in
Same $24,600, all in at the start
$880,421
+3,478.9% on $24,600 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $698,113. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $4.59 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from CMG split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.