What if you invested in Chipotle in 2015?
CMG · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Chipotle in 2015
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,581(+358.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $4,581 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $2,406.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Chipotle starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $14.20 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $9.06 | $638 | -36.2% |
| 2017 | $8.43 | $594 | -7% |
| 2018 | $6.50 | $458 | -22.9% |
| 2019 | $10.59 | $746 | +63.1% |
| 2020 | $17.34 | $1,221 | +63.7% |
| 2021 | $29.60 | $2,085 | +70.8% |
| 2022 | $29.71 | $2,093 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | $32.93 | $2,319 | +10.8% |
| 2024 | $48.18 | $3,393 | +46.3% |
| 2025 | $58.35 | $4,110 | +21.1% |
| 2026 | $38.87 | $2,738 | -33.4% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in Chipotle (CMG) in 2015 is worth $2,175 today. That is a +117.5% gain, a little over 2.2x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is only about 7% a year once you compound it across 11.5 years. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $4,581 on the same stake, edging out Chipotle by close to $2,406. The index compounded at about 14.2% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2021 at +70.8%, and the worst was 2016 at -36.2%. At its lowest point the position was down about 54% 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.
Treat this as history rather than advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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