What if you invested in Chipotle in 2020?
CMG · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Chipotle in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,574(+157.4%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,574 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $793.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Chipotle starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $17.34 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $29.60 | $1,708 | +70.8% |
| 2022 | $29.71 | $1,714 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | $32.93 | $1,899 | +10.8% |
| 2024 | $48.18 | $2,779 | +46.3% |
| 2025 | $58.35 | $3,366 | +21.1% |
| 2026 | $38.87 | $2,242 | -33.4% |
What this return means
A $1,000 stake in Chipotle (CMG) from 2020 sits at $1,781 today. The total return is +78.1% over 6.5 years, as of 2026-06-01.
That is about 9.3% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. A plain S&P 500 fund would have grown that $1,000 to about $2,574 instead, beating Chipotle by around $793. The index compounded at about 15.7% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2021 at +70.8%, and the worst was 2022 at +0.4%. At its lowest point the position was down about 33% 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.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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