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Chipotle Mexican Grill – Q1 2012 Price
Announces earnings
Daily Chart after close 4/19/12
Good Earnings, Bad Results
Chipotle sold off hard on heavy volume
despite seemingly positive results for Q1:
400
- EPS & sales growth both accelerated
- Beat estimates for earnings & sales Big sell-off on massive volume day after
earnings announced: Marks change in
trend. Big investors dumping shares.
Dropped 44% over next 6 months.
350
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Sell signal: Big drop on heaviest volume in months Volume
(See Selling Checklist) 1,300,000
800,000
500,000
300,000
180,000
16 30 13 27 10 24 9 23 6 20 4 18
January February March April May
Despite posting accelerating earnings and sales growth, Chipotle sold off.

