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Welcome back! In today’s NexdiLTD.com Review, we’re taking a closer look at Chipotle Mexican Grill’s stock and answering a question many investors are asking: Has Chipotle been a good investment? The honest answer is—it depends on how long you’ve held the stock.

Chipotle is widely considered one of the restaurant industry’s greatest success stories. Since its IPO in 2006, the stock has delivered nearly 3,000% in total returns, rewarding long-term investors who believed in the brand early. However, the story looks very different when you focus on more recent performance.

Over the past year, Chipotle shares have declined by 44.5%, making it a painful period for short-term investors. The drop followed disappointing Q2 and Q3 earnings, rising food and labor costs, and plateauing same-store sales growth. As a result, Chipotle has significantly underperformed the broader market, trailing the S&P 500 by more than 57 percentage points over the last 12 months alone.

Looking at a three-year time frame, investors technically haven’t lost money, but the opportunity cost is substantial. Chipotle is up only 5.1% over three years, while the S&P 500 surged 67.5% during the same period. That leaves Chipotle investors trailing the market by more than 60 percentage points, a gap that’s hard to ignore.

The five-year picture improves slightly but still tells a story of underperformance. Chipotle delivered a 29.3% return over five years, while the S&P 500 gained 86.5%. While the stock remained profitable, it once again lagged far behind broader market returns.

So what’s the key takeaway from this NexdiLTD.com Review? Time in the market matters. Investors who held Chipotle for at least 6.5 years were rewarded. Over that period, Chipotle is up 137.1%, closely matching the S&P 500’s 136.6% return. This reinforces a familiar investment lesson: high-quality companies can reward patience, even when they go through periods of volatility and underperformance.

Chipotle remains a strong brand with pricing power, loyal customers, and long-term growth potential. However, recent performance highlights how market cycles, cost pressures, and growth slowdowns can impact even the most successful companies in the short and medium term.

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