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

Company Overview

Portillo's Inc. owns and operates fast casual restaurants in the United States. The company offers Chicago-style hot dogs and sausages, Italian beef sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, chopped salads, crinkle-cut French fries, homemade chocolate cakes, and chocolate cake shake. It offers its products through its website, application, and certain third-party platforms. Portillo's Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.46 to $11.89
• 50-Day Range: $10.34 to $13.35
• 52-Week Range: $8.38 to $15.78
• Volume: 1.18 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.48 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $873.15 million
• P/E Ratio: 27.14
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $13.71
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Portillo's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Portillo's scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 155th out of 215 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Portillo's has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Portillo's has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -2.86%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Portillo's are expected to decrease by -2.86% in the coming year, from $0.35 to $0.34 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Portillo's is 27.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Portillo's is 27.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 28.64.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Portillo's has a PEG Ratio of 8.85. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Portillo's has a P/B Ratio of 1.76. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

16.03% 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 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Portillo's has recently increased by 10.00%, 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.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

16.03% 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 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Portillo's has recently increased by 10.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Portillo's has a news sentiment score of 0.96. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Portillo's this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for PTLO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Portillo's to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Portillo's insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $122,300,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 6.14% 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.

PTLO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PTLO shares performed this year?

Portillo's' stock was trading at $9.40 at the start of the year. Since then, PTLO shares have increased by 23.6% and is now trading at $11.62.
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How were Portillo's' earnings last quarter?

Portillo's Inc. (NASDAQ:PTLO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.01. The business's revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis.
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When did Portillo's IPO?

Portillo's (PTLO) raised $375 million in an IPO on Thursday, October 21st 2021. The company issued 20,270,270 shares at $17.00-$20.00 per share.

How do I buy shares of Portillo's?

Shares of PTLO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Portillo's own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Portillo's investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/06/2025
• Today: 6/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: RETAIL - RESTRNTS
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants, Hotels, Motels
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PTLO
• CIK: 1871509
• Web: www.portillos.com
• Phone: 630-954-3773
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,450
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $13.71
• High Stock Price Target: $17.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $12.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.81
• Forward P/E Ratio: 32.94
• P/E Growth: 8.85
• Net Income: $29.52 million
• Net Margins: 3.92%
• Pretax Margin: 5.97%
• Return on Equity: 5.87%
• Return on Assets: 1.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.49
• Current Ratio: 0.25
• Quick Ratio: 0.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $710.55 million
• Price / Sales: 1.21
• Cash Flow: $0.78 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.87
• Book Value: $6.59 per share
• Price / Book: 1.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 74,820,000
• Free Float: 70,221,000
• Market Cap: $862.67 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.87