The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Chipotle Mexican Grill shares valued at $1,146,725 were sold by Eskenazi Ilene on Aug 25 ’25. At $43.15 per share, Eskenazi Ilene sold 26,576 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 84,441 shares worth approximately $3.5 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ILENE ESKENAZI purchased 26,576 shares, netting a total of over 1,146,725 in proceeds.
Before that, Garner Curtis E had sold 15,750 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $887,108, the Pres, Chief Strgy & Tech Off traded Chipotle Mexican Grill shares for $56.32 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 15,750 shares, worth approximately $14.07 million.
As published in a research note from Rothschild & Co Redburn on September 03, 2025, Chipotle Mexican Grill [CMG] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $55. Analysts at Piper Sandler upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of July 18, 2025, BMO Capital Markets has increased its “Market perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for CMG. Earlier on July 14, 2025, Melius initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Hold” for CMG stock.
Analyzing CMG Stock Performance
On last trading session, Chipotle Mexican Grill [NYSE: CMG] plunged -0.91% to $41.41. The stock’s lowest price that day was $41.035, but it reached a high of $41.795 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.91%. Over the course of the year, Chipotle Mexican Grill shares have dropped approximately -26.16%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $61.16 on 01/02/25 and a 52-week low of $41.03 on 09/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 41.03, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 40.65. In the upper region, resistance lies at 41.79. The next price resistance is at 42.17. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 31.20 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Chipotle Mexican Grill subject to short interest?
Stocks of Chipotle Mexican Grill saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -5.77 million shares to 21.5 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 27.27 million shares. A decline of -26.83% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.0 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.0.
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In terms of Chipotle Mexican Grill share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 65 in the next 12 months, up nearly 55.54% from the previous closing price of $41.79. Analysts anticipate Chipotle Mexican Grill stock to reach 65 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 47. In spite of this, 26 analysts ranked Chipotle Mexican Grill stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 10, 2025, Redburn Atlantic assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $55.
