PTLO vs. SHCO, ARCO, XHR, HDL, FWRG, SG, CNNE, KRUS, TH, and PLAY
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), Target Hospitality (TH), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Portillo's vs. Its Competitors
Soho House & Co Inc. (NYSE:SHCO) and Portillo's (NASDAQ:PTLO) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Soho House & Co Inc. has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portillo's has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
62.4% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Portillo's shares are held by institutional investors. 74.7% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Portillo's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Portillo's had 30 more articles in the media than Soho House & Co Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Portillo's and 3 mentions for Soho House & Co Inc.. Soho House & Co Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Portillo's' score of 0.40 indicating that Soho House & Co Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Soho House & Co Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.64%. Portillo's has a consensus target price of $12.19, suggesting a potential upside of 101.11%. Given Portillo's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Portillo's is more favorable than Soho House & Co Inc..
Portillo's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Portillo's News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PTLO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PTLO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Portillo's Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:PTLO) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
