PTLO vs. SHCO, ARCO, XHR, HDL, FWRG, SG, CNNE, KRUS, MSC, and TH
Should you be buying Portillo's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portillo's include Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Sweetgreen (SG), Cannae (CNNE), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Studio City Ih (MSC), and Target Hospitality (TH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Portillo's vs. Its Competitors
Portillo's (NASDAQ:PTLO) and Soho House & Co Inc. (NYSE:SHCO) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.
98.3% of Portillo's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Portillo's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Portillo's had 5 more articles in the media than Soho House & Co Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Portillo's and 5 mentions for Soho House & Co Inc.. Portillo's' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Soho House & Co Inc.'s score of 0.89 indicating that Portillo's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Portillo's presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.28%. Soho House & Co Inc. has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.64%. Given Portillo's' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Portillo's is more favorable than Soho House & Co Inc..
Portillo's has a net margin of 4.19% compared to Soho House & Co Inc.'s net margin of -4.67%. Portillo's' return on equity of 6.25% beat Soho House & Co Inc.'s return on equity.
Portillo's has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soho House & Co Inc. has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Portillo's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Soho House & Co Inc.. Soho House & Co Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portillo's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Portillo's beats Soho House & Co Inc. on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:PTLO) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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