The company said comparable restaurant sales rose 0.5% for the 3 months ended March 31, 2026, with transactions up 0.6% and average check down 0.1%.

1. 01

   The company said comparable restaurant sales rose 0.5% for the 3 months ended March 31, 2026, with transactions up 0.6% and average check down 0.1%.

2. 02

   Chipotle said that for the 3 months ended March 31, 2026, its food, beverage and packaging costs rose 0.4%, labor 1.1%, occupancy 0.3% and other operating costs 1.2% as a percentage of total revenue compared with a year earlier.

3. 03

   The company said operating cash flow was $651.4 million for the 3 months ended March 31, 2026, which included the receipt of a $64.9 million federal tax refund related to the 2018 tax year. It said financing cash outflows were $747.5 million, and it attributed the change to a $147.2 million increase in common stock repurchases.

4. 04

   The company said that as of March 31, 2026, it had cash and marketable investments of $864.4 million, and $1.0 billion remained available for share repurchases. It also said it had $500.0 million of undrawn borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility.

Key figures

Quarter ended March 31, 2026

Revenue

$3.1B

Operating income

$397M

Net income

$303M

EPS

$0.23

Operating cash flow

$651M

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