Portillo's Inc. · Restaurants

PTLO

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are trimming.

Going well

Profitable

Watch out for

Share count growing 18.5% a year (dilution)

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions cut 12% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (85 bought, 87 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$4.28+1.7% that day

Company value: $264M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 23.8x; You pay about $24 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.35x; Company value is 0.35 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 8%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 126%; Owes more than the whole company is worth

From PTLO's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$199.0M+5.6% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $748.8M, up 2.9% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 10% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of PTLO. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+3% a yearRecently: +2.9% a yearProfit margin2%Last 12 months: 2.1%P/E at the end24xToday: 23.8x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change+10% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$868M

Profit in 5 years$17M

Price these guesses point to$4.19-2.2% vs $4.28 todayAbout -0.4% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 2% margin and a 24x P/E, sales would have to grow about 3.5% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

0/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.4.9%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.71x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.2.9%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.4 of 7 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$18.5M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+66.4% in 3 years

Revenue: $732.1M; +3.0% vs prior year
5-year growth: +10.0%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $334.2M; 0.71x equity
Current ratio: 0.27x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.