Name: Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE:CMG) | Cash Flow Statement (Quarterly)
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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended:	Sep 30, 2026	Jun 30, 2026	Mar 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Sep 30, 2025	Jun 30, 2025	Mar 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Sep 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2024	Mar 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Sep 30, 2023	Jun 30, 2023	Mar 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Sep 30, 2022	Jun 30, 2022	Mar 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Sep 30, 2021	Jun 30, 2021	Mar 31, 2021
Net income	339,874)	403,547)	302,824)	330,932)	382,103)	436,127)	386,599)	331,764)	387,388)	455,671)	359,287)	282,086)	313,217)	341,790)	291,644)	223,727)	257,138)	259,942)	158,294)	133,475)	204,434)	187,974)	127,101)
Depreciation and amortization	102,611)	98,327)	96,718)	92,702)	90,524)	90,945)	87,211)	83,876)	84,349)	83,562)	83,243)	85,492)	78,546)	78,771)	76,585)	74,012)	71,416)	69,733)	71,665)	66,262)	63,191)	62,082)	63,122)
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)	5,672)	19,918)	17,887)	(14,802)	104,175)	(2,561)	(7,329)	(33,338)	(3,773)	(936)	(4,890)	(21,970)	4,638)	8,313)	(486)	(34,628)	6,970)	(1,513)	(14,024)	(11,333)	14,860)	(2,402)	(13,482)
Impairment, closure costs, and asset disposals	12,583)	13,323)	9,658)	8,305)	7,215)	5,038)	6,018)	443)	14,222)	5,708)	4,209)	6,489)	6,363)	16,021)	8,152)	5,611)	6,276)	4,586)	4,265)	4,603)	4,248)	3,298)	4,937)
Provision for credit losses	(16)	119)	(454)	969)	(379)	47)	(1,294)	504)	(134)	257)	(412)	1,005)	253)	(188)	500)	209)	(93)	42)	(918)	(240)	953)	55)	(275)
Stock-based compensation expense	31,851)	26,518)	28,000)	25,577)	18,816)	37,549)	37,601)	45,827)	4,660)	45,240)	36,003)	37,459)	35,801)	30,672)	20,084)	20,659)	25,150)	28,631)	23,590)	37,651)	36,061)	47,290)	55,390)
Other	2,362)	328)	578)	(22,232)	(51)	6,708)	914)	(5,931)	(2,052)	3,676)	835)	4,192)	(8,035)	(6,427)	(2,810)	(3,157)	(1,136)	(10,911)	(998)	(7,133)	67)	287)	2,180)
Accounts receivable	881)	(5,202)	59,842)	(61,365)	10,036)	(3,293)	43,239)	(51,343)	3,738)	(7,815)	26,146)	(44,882)	(10,361)	4,368)	39,659)	(36,917)	10,538)	1,959)	10,394)	(23,569)	(15,404)	5,111)	32,175)
Inventory	(2,330)	(1,972)	4,745)	(3,118)	(6,085)	958)	7,535)	743)	(14,303)	2,432)	1,331)	859)	(4,195)	(1,399)	1,086)	(1,955)	(4,376)	350)	2,970)	(4,396)	(3,305)	(839)	2,148)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(7,139)	7,629)	(9,438)	(23,586)	(5,850)	6,142)	(9,748)	(12,700)	1,596)	4,057)	16,291)	(15,717)	(2,129)	(6,796)	(14,569)	(11,491)	(4,117)	(4,972)	5,920)	(7,483)	(1,157)	(9,430)	(8,756)
Operating lease assets	90,064)	84,268)	79,793)	97,066)	84,662)	78,417)	72,540)	74,415)	75,291)	71,084)	64,797)	69,185)	63,693)	62,228)	59,135)	62,809)	58,959)	57,380)	55,125)	72,209)	46,143)	56,216)	49,269)
Other assets	(1,534)	1,595)	1,759)	(668)	(4,125)	(423)	61)	300)	(19,759)	208)	1,561)	11,143)	(10,394)	178)	3,277)	1,191)	1,477)	(1,882)	(1,132)	2,092)	1,784)	303)	(186)
Accounts payable	10,256)	14,452)	22,678)	(36,753)	16,944)	(848)	13,208)	(13,823)	14,488)	(4,786)	12,588)	427)	15,669)	(8,051)	(2,732)	7,434)	13,746)	(18,674)	15,702)	(7,272)	16,187)	(6,921)	19,446)
Accrued payroll and benefits	(36,640)	91,827)	(55,394)	56,777)	(44,201)	82,324)	(107,013)	77,631)	(38,336)	80,851)	(85,289)	71,950)	(22,499)	61,025)	(53,428)	42,725)	(32,278)	(11,021)	10,438)	(31,362)	(34,261)	2,880)	18,188)
Accrued liabilities	13,295)	3,338)	41,962)	(20,841)	8,216)	2,309)	(183)	3,796)	6,432)	(8,266)	25,322)	1,306)	1,948)	(17,075)	17,009)	(11,402)	5,731)	8,858)	(31,151)	18,404)	12,695)	(2,233)	(17,869)
Unearned revenue	7,511)	15,011)	(27,663)	64,224)	2,041)	5,446)	(31,001)	68,884)	(485)	(2,902)	(19,358)	56,875)	(1,296)	2,759)	(22,653)	51,515)	1,921)	1,542)	(21,604)	37,365)	8,509)	4,119)	(15,606)
Income tax payable/receivable	91,797)	(28,157)	140,039)	18,303)	(28,995)	(126,810)	113,377)	14,737)	(10,535)	(116,525)	97,960)	(225,664)	74,250)	60,777)	85,400)	64,332)	(14,238)	(47,199)	43,367)	229,229)	(33,999)	(40,491)	38,640)
Operating lease liabilities	(71,270)	(64,953)	(62,990)	(78,746)	(66,032)	(57,788)	(55,662)	(62,124)	(54,422)	(49,811)	(51,537)	(58,297)	(55,386)	(49,210)	(51,584)	(53,986)	(53,176)	(50,428)	(49,596)	(65,624)	(39,722)	(50,916)	(50,902)
Other long-term liabilities	307)	737)	806)	(6,900)	666)	1,040)	1,002)	3,109)	(1,871)	873)	1,147)	3,521)	389)	4,754)	767)	885)	2,010)	363)	595)	(4,458)	(481)	502)	453)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities	95,198)	118,573)	196,139)	4,393)	(32,723)	(12,526)	47,355)	103,625)	(38,166)	(30,600)	90,959)	(129,294)	49,689)	113,558)	61,367)	115,140)	(13,803)	(63,724)	41,028)	215,135)	(43,011)	(41,699)	67,000)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities	250,261)	277,106)	348,526)	94,912)	187,577)	125,200)	170,476)	195,006)	59,106)	106,907)	209,947)	(16,627)	167,255)	240,720)	163,392)	177,846)	94,780)	26,844)	124,608)	304,945)	76,369)	68,911)	178,872)
Net cash provided by operating activities	590,135)	680,653)	651,350)	425,844)	569,680)	561,327)	557,075)	526,770)	446,494)	562,578)	569,234)	265,459)	480,472)	582,510)	455,036)	401,573)	351,918)	286,786)	282,902)	438,420)	280,803)	256,885)	305,973)
Purchases of leasehold improvements, property and equipment	(242,996)	(217,269)	(180,332)	(197,455)	(163,486)	(160,585)	(144,810)	(172,885)	(147,525)	(140,490)	(132,703)	(171,930)	(131,200)	(137,232)	(120,369)	(143,646)	(139,023)	(100,333)	(96,162)	(121,906)	(108,446)	(125,504)	(86,619)
Purchases of investments	(2,042)	(5,270)	(250)	(12,503)	(9,219)	(2,500)	(4,000)	(157,827)	(90,412)	(371,636)	(366,798)	(269,150)	(255,325)	(375,837)	(214,819)	(100,603)	(318,571)	(76,415)	(118,827)	(140,451)	(97,979)	(100,443)	(90,477)
Maturities of investments	177,144)	177,257)	172,509)	182,212)	157,302)	165,073)	154,889)	174,567)	173,697)	175,911)	198,462)	289,065)	220,223)	120,926)	99,639)	60,551)	60,457)	60,617)	81,923)	102,307)	81,396)	101,452)	60,593)
Proceeds from sale of equipment	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	20,113)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	1,150)	—)	2,885)	—)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(67,894)	(45,282)	(8,073)	(27,746)	(15,403)	1,988)	6,079)	(136,032)	(64,240)	(336,215)	(301,039)	(152,015)	(166,302)	(392,143)	(235,549)	(183,698)	(397,137)	(116,131)	(133,066)	(158,900)	(125,029)	(121,610)	(116,503)
Repurchase of common stock	(110,029)	(653,878)	(701,027)	(741,796)	(686,665)	(443,259)	(553,796)	(338,954)	(490,237)	(145,363)	(27,005)	(155,044)	(215,551)	(95,045)	(126,709)	(200,365)	(107,865)	(258,602)	(263,308)	(165,729)	(97,582)	(145,922)	(57,229)
Tax withholding on stock-based compensation awards	(7,265)	(1,400)	(47,997)	(900)	(15,239)	(417)	(32,902)	(880)	(338)	(357)	(72,654)	(533)	(1,139)	(289)	(67,185)	(6,596)	(469)	(6,094)	(85,811)	(16,378)	(4,632)	(14,050)	(44,810)
Other financing activities	1,348)	1,264)	1,534)	1,100)	1,436)	16)	1,524)	1,099)	1,019)	386)	(415)	297)	431)	104)	11)	292)	2)	(229)	(359)	68)	(134)	(1,987)	(221)
Net cash used in financing activities	(115,946)	(654,014)	(747,490)	(741,596)	(700,468)	(443,660)	(585,174)	(338,735)	(489,556)	(145,334)	(100,074)	(155,280)	(216,259)	(95,230)	(193,883)	(206,669)	(108,332)	(264,925)	(349,478)	(182,039)	(102,348)	(161,959)	(102,260)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(39)	98)	602)	(229)	599)	(550)	(236)	(140)	(374)	(369)	(752)	377)	(261)	(25)	290)	163)	(680)	(637)	147)	(251)	(572)	191)	(407)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	406,256)	(18,545)	(103,611)	(343,727)	(145,592)	119,105)	(22,256)	51,863)	(107,676)	80,660)	167,369)	(41,459)	97,650)	95,112)	25,894)	11,369)	(154,231)	(94,907)	(199,495)	97,230)	52,854)	(26,493)	86,803)

Operating performance demonstrates a consistent upward trajectory in cash generation. Net income grew from 127.1 million in March 2021 to a peak of 455.7 million in June 2024, maintaining a strong baseline above 300 million through most of 2025 and 2026. This growth in profitability is mirrored by net cash provided by operating activities, which increased from 306 million in the first quarter of 2021 to 680.7 million by June 2026, reflecting high efficiency in converting earnings into liquidity.

Operational Cash Flow Dynamics: A steady increase in depreciation and amortization expenses is observed, rising from 63.1 million in early 2021 to 102.6 million by September 2026, which indicates a growing base of fixed assets. Cash flows from operations are periodically influenced by significant volatility in working capital, particularly within income tax payables and receivables, and accrued payroll and benefits, which show sharp quarterly fluctuations.
Capital Expenditure and Expansion: Investments in leasehold improvements, property, and equipment exhibit a sustained growth pattern. Quarterly spending rose from 86.6 million in March 2021 to 243 million by September 2026. This consistent increase in capital expenditures suggests an aggressive strategy of physical expansion and store modernization. Concurrently, operating lease assets have grown from 49.3 million to 90.1 million over the analyzed period.
Financing and Shareholder Returns: The most prominent trend in financing activities is the aggressive escalation of common stock repurchases. While buybacks averaged between 57 million and 263 million per quarter in 2021 and 2022, they accelerated significantly starting in 2024, with several quarters exceeding 600 million and peaking at 747.5 million in March 2026. This indicates a strategic shift toward returning substantial capital to shareholders using the surplus cash generated from operations.
Investment Portfolio Management: Investment activity transitioned from a period of heavy accumulation to one of preservation and liquidation. Between 2021 and 2023, substantial cash outflows were recorded for the purchase of investments, often exceeding 200 million per quarter. However, from 2024 through 2026, these purchases declined sharply, while maturities of investments provided a steady cash inflow, generally ranging between 150 million and 180 million per quarter.

The overall cash position reflects a cycle where strong operational cash flows are utilized primarily to fund aggressive physical expansion and large-scale share repurchases. The transition away from purchasing new investments toward relying on investment maturities suggests a prioritization of immediate capital allocation toward growth and shareholder value.

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