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      <title>Chipotle At $400: A Free Cash Flow Analysis</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Chipotle's over $400! That was my first thought yesterday when I was looking for stocks that have doubled in the last two years. Chipotle has grown from low $120's back in mid 2010, to a high of $443 in April 13, 2012.</p><p>
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</p><p>Considering the fact that CMG is a burrito fast food chain, its growth is very surprising. With a P/E ratio of over 50 it is one of the highest, if not the highest in its peer class.</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0">
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      <p>Chipotle (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/cmg' title='Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.'>CMG</a>)</p>
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      <p>57.2</p>
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      <p>Domino's Pizza (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/dpz' title='Domino&#39;s Pizza, Inc.'>DPZ</a>)</p>
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      <p>20.3</p>
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      <p>Panera (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/pnra' title='Panera Bread Company'>PNRA</a>)</p>
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      <p>16.3</p>
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      <p>Brinker Intl (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/eat' title='Brinker International, Inc.'>EAT</a>)</p>
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      <p>17.4</p>
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      <p>Cheesecake Factory (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/cake' title='The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated'>CAKE</a>)</p>
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      <p>18.3</p>
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</table><p>Using only P/E ratio, we can think that the stock is overvalued, but I prefer to use one more valuation technique before arriving at that conclusion. I decided to do a Free Cash Flow analysis on CMG to see if it's Free Cash Flow confirms its stock price.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:20:33 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<strong>By <a href='http://seekingalpha.com/author/mendez/'>Mendez</a>:</strong>
<p>Chipotle's over $400! That was my first thought yesterday when I was looking for stocks that have doubled in the last two years. Chipotle has grown from low $120's back in mid 2010, to a high of $443 in April 13, 2012.</p><p>
  <em>Click to enlarge.<br/></em>
</p><p>Considering the fact that CMG is a burrito fast food chain, its growth is very surprising. With a P/E ratio of over 50 it is one of the highest, if not the highest in its peer class.</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0">
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      <p>Chipotle (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/cmg' title='Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.'>CMG</a>)</p>
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      <p>57.2</p>
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      <p>Domino's Pizza (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/dpz' title='Domino&#39;s Pizza, Inc.'>DPZ</a>)</p>
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      <p>20.3</p>
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      <p>Panera (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/pnra' title='Panera Bread Company'>PNRA</a>)</p>
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      <p>16.3</p>
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      <p>Brinker Intl (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/eat' title='Brinker International, Inc.'>EAT</a>)</p>
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      <p>17.4</p>
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      <p>Cheesecake Factory (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/cake' title='The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated'>CAKE</a>)</p>
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      <p>18.3</p>
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</table><p>Using only P/E ratio, we can think that the stock is overvalued, but I prefer to use one more valuation technique before arriving at that conclusion. I decided to do a Free Cash Flow analysis on CMG to see if it's Free Cash Flow confirms its stock price.</p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/528961-chipotle-at-400-a-free-cash-flow-analysis?source=feed'>Complete Story &raquo;</a>]]>
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