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Portillo's, Inc. Class APTLOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Discretionary›Restaurants
Momentum leader 98
Mkt cap
$504M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
91%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
31.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-5.2 pp
WACC 8.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
116 days
2 Mar 2027
Close · USD$6.64
1D-5.4%
1W+36.3%
1M+70.3%
3M+48.2%
6M+54.4%
YTD+46.3%
1Y+31.5%
ATR %5.7%
Beta-0.30
52w lowhigh5.4% off high

What Portillo's does

Employees: 7,890

Portillo's at a glance

Size Portillo's (PTLO) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $504M, the 2691st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $6.64 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 54.4%, against +0.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 6.5% (peer median 5.4%).

Valuation It trades at 31.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.7× (4th most expensive of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.2 points below its cost of capital (8.4% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 13.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012515017511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PTLO 161Peer median 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Portillo's against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Portillo's financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$749M$732M$711M$680M$587M
Revenue growth—+3%+5%+16%—
Gross profit$124M$129M$141M$141M$112M
EBITDA$79.7M$87.7M$93.0M$86.3M$65.6M
Net income$13.9M$19.3M$29.5M$18.4M$10.9M
Free cash flow-$7.90M-$18.5M$9.85M-$17.1M$9.83M
Capital expenditure$87.5M$90.4M$88.2M$87.9M$47.1M
Total debt$691M$670M$596M$550M$524M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Portillo's competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%0%+20%+40%+60%MARS99007421000721453340EAT215727058163605108BRCBELIOR0341140527273091DINLOCOSLIGRPTLO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Portillo's is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%20×40×MARS453340EAT21578163605108BRCBELIOR0341140527273091DINLOCOSLIGRPTLORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Portillo's is the large dot.

Portillo's competitors and peer comparison

How Portillo's compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Portillo's against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePTLOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+70.3%+6.8%highest of 21
6-month return+54.4%+0.9%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-5.4%-15.3%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+2.9%+7.1%8th lowest of 21
Operating margin6.5%5.4%9th highest of 21
Forward P/E31.0×14.7×4th most expensive of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-5.2 pp+0.7 pp3rd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA15.1×9.4×5th most expensive of 17
Net debt / EBITDA8.4×1.3×2nd most indebted of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Portillo's PTLOUnited States$504M+54%+3%6%31.0×n/an/a
Marston's MARS.LUnited Kingdom$497M+23%-1%22%6.2×-2.5%+11.7%
Sagami 9900.TJapan$494M+13%+10%7%n/a7.7%+14.1%
Kappa.create 7421.TJapan$489M+3%-1%-1%n/a29.8%+2.4%
Xi'an Catering 000721.SZChina$523M-20%-14%-23%n/a50.5%+6.5%
Hyundai Green Food 453340.KSSouth Korea$482M+22%+7%5%6.2×-18.0%+6.6%
AmRest EAT.WAPoland$529M-5%-3%4%22.9×5.1%+9.9%
Koshidaka 2157.TJapan$530M-6%+16%13%10.8×-9.8%+31.1%
Feastogether 7883.TWOTaiwan$479M-9%+10%9%n/a-0.2%+27.9%
OOTOYA 2705.TJapan$477M+53%+18%6%n/a10.0%+18.1%
Srs 8163.TJapan$474M+53%+10%4%43.0×9.6%+11.8%
Tongqinglou Catering 605108.SSChina$473M-24%+4%6%30.7×n/an/a
Black Rock Coffee Bar BRCBUnited States$538M-6%+24%3%50.1×n/an/a
Elior ELIOR.PAFrance$544M-35%0%2%12.4×6.3%+9.2%
Cafe de Coral 0341.HKHong Kong$464M+61%-4%4%14.7×-9.1%+4.0%
DPC Dash 1405.HKHong Kong$548M-34%+26%4%21.2×6.6%+36.3%
Wowprime 2727.TWTaiwan$550M-1%+10%8%12.2×-11.9%+9.0%
Bronco Billy 3091.TJapan$551M+41%+14%12%32.1×1.5%+11.8%
Dine Brands Global DINUnited States$454M+26%+8%14%7.9×n/an/a
El Pollo Loco LOCOUnited States$453M+6%+4%10%14.4×3.2%+2.8%
Sligro Food SLIGR.ASNetherlands$444M-28%-4%1%25.2×3.4%+6.5%

Questions

Which companies are Portillo's's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Marston's (MARS.L), Sagami (9900.T), Kappa.create (7421.T), Xi'an Catering (000721.SZ), Hyundai Green Food (453340.KS), AmRest (EAT.WA), Koshidaka (2157.T), Feastogether (7883.TWO).
Is Portillo's expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 31.0× against a peer median of 14.7×, 4th most expensive of 16 in its peer set.
How has Portillo's stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +54.4% against +0.9% for the median peer; over one year +31.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.