Portillo's (PTLO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Portillo’s, Inc. operates a chain of fast-casual restaurants known for Chicago-style food. Its menu features Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef and sausage sandwiches, burgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, French fries, milkshakes and its signature chocolate cake.

The company serves customers through company-operated restaurants, drive-thru lanes, takeout and delivery services, as well as catering. Portillo’s restaurants are concentrated in the Midwest and have expanded into select Sun Belt markets, including Arizona and Florida.

Portillo’s traces its origins to 1963, when founder Dick Portillo opened a small hot dog stand called The Dog House in Villa Park, Illinois. The business grew into a regional restaurant brand before being acquired by Berkshire Partners in 2014. Portillo’s became a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq under the symbol PTLO in 2021.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.49 to $3.61
• 50-Day Range: $3.49 to $5.16
• 52-Week Range: $3.29 to $6.83
• Volume: 1.80 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.55 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $266.55 million
• P/E Ratio: 19.50
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $5.93
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Portillo's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Portillo's scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 42nd out of 478 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Portillo's has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.08, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Portillo's has a consensus price target of $5.93, representing about 68.8% upside from its current price of $3.51.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Portillo's has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 36.84%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Portillo's are expected to grow by 36.84% in the coming year, from $0.19 to $0.26 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Portillo's is 19.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Portillo's is 19.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Portillo's has a PEG Ratio of 0.76. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Portillo's has a P/B Ratio of 0.53. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.77% of the float of Portillo's has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Portillo's has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.21.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Portillo's has recently increased by 6.96%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Portillo's does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Portillo's does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.33

News Sentiment

Portillo's has a news sentiment score of -0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Portillo's this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for PTLO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Portillo's to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $299,979.00 in company stock, which represents 0.1125% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Portillo's insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $299,979.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.34% of the stock of Portillo's is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.34% of the stock of Portillo's is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PTLO
• CIK: 1871509
• Web: www.portillos.com
• Phone: 630-954-3773
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,890
• Year Founded: 1963

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Portillo's: $5.93
• High Price Target: $8.00
• Low Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +68.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.08
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.47
• P/E Growth: 0.76
• Net Income: $19.34 million
• Net Margins: 1.85%
• Pretax Margin: 1.77%
• Return on Equity: 2.78%
• Return on Assets: 0.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.46
• Current Ratio: 0.26
• Quick Ratio: 0.20

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $732.07 million
• Price / Sales: 0.36
• Cash Flow: $0.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.39
• Book Value: $6.59 per share
• Price / Book: 0.53

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 75,940,000
• Free Float: 71,128,000
• Market Cap: $266.55 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.58