Portillo's Inc. (PTLO)

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 and cheese fries, homemade chocolate cakes, and chocolate cake shake. It also operates a food truck under The Beef Bus name; and a ghost kitchen. In addition, the company provides delivery services through its application and website, as well as third-party delivery platforms. Further, it sells gift cards. Portillo's Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Ticker
PTLO
Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Restaurants
Market cap
$505.91M
52-week range
$3.29 - $7.02

Valuation

Share price
$6.64 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM)
28.70x
Price to book
0.98x
Price to free cash flow
40.22x
Enterprise value
$1.16B
Book value per share
$6.79

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day-5.41%
5 days+36.34%
1 month+75.66%
3 months+51.60%
6 months+47.88%
Year to date+46.26%
1 year+39.20%
3 years-56.66%
5 years-85.87%
All time-77.18%

Short interest

As of
Oct 15, 2026
Short % of float
14.29%
Shares short
9.64M
Days to cover
4.42
Change since prior report
-8.28%
Source
FINRA consolidated short interest

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
3.89%
Return on invested capital
3.48%
Return on assets
1.20%
Return on capital employed
3.09%
Gross margin
17.79%
Net margin
2.64%
EBITDA margin
9.94%
Revenue growth
3.03%
Net income growth
-34.46%
Free cash flow growth
-288.08%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
2.49%
Current ratio
0.27x
Net debt to EBITDA
8.79x

Latest reported year

Period end
Dec 28, 2025
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$732.07M
Cost of revenue
$601.85M
Gross profit
$130.22M
EBITDA
$72.79M
Net income
$19.34M
Earnings per share
$0.28
Shares outstanding
68.82M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-12-28$732.07M$130.22M$19.34M$0.28
2024-12-29$710.55M$141.12M$29.52M$0.48
2023-12-31$679.90M$140.18M$18.42M$0.34
2022-12-25$587.10M$112.17M$10.85M$0.28
2021-12-26$534.95M$120.20M-$15.18M-$0.42
2020-12-27$455.47M$99.75M-$8.26M-$0.16
2019-12-29$479.42M$96.54M-$12.87M-$0.25

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-2817.79%2.64%3.89%3.48%
2024-12-2919.86%4.15%6.02%4.72%
2023-12-3120.62%2.71%4.00%5.16%
2022-12-2519.11%1.85%2.51%4.13%
2021-12-2622.47%-2.84%-3.59%4.04%
2020-12-2721.90%-1.81%-5.87%9.39%
2019-12-2920.14%-2.68%-3.93%6.03%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-12-28$19.96M$237.98M
2024-12-29$22.88M$275.42M
2023-12-31$10.44M$283.92M
2022-12-25$44.43M$314.43M
2021-12-26$39.26M$315.83M
2020-12-27$41.43M$466.38M
2019-12-31$22.42M$465.84M

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-28-$18.52M$6.49M
2024-12-29$9.85M$11.15M
2023-12-31-$17.14M$15.54M
2022-12-25$9.83M$16.14M
2021-12-26$6.69M$29.39M
2020-12-27$36.82M$960.00K
2019-12-29$21.28M$1.29M

Investor relations

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-11-05Sep 2026$0.04
2026-08-05Jun 2026$0.09
2026-05-05Mar 2026$0.01
2026-02-24Dec 2025$0.05
2025-11-04Sep 2025$0.04
2025-08-05Jun 2025$0.12
2025-05-06Mar 2025$0.04
2025-02-25Dec 2024$0.07

Filings and sources

Company website
portillos.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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