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Portillo's
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Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$5.00
▲(14.94% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/06/26
The score is held back primarily by pressured profitability and negative free cash flow despite revenue growth, alongside an earnings call that included lowered EBITDA and margin guidance and ongoing traffic/commodity headwinds. Technicals are mixed (short-term improvement but still below longer-term averages), while valuation is moderate but lacks dividend support.
Positive Factors
Revenue Growth and Unit Expansion
Revenue growth and continued restaurant openings show that Portillo’s brand is still expanding its customer and geographic reach. The company-owned model provides a platform for multi-year sales growth if new locations achieve acceptable returns.
Negative Factors
Margin Compression and Lowered Guidance
Sustained food, labor and operating-cost pressure is reducing profitability despite sales growth. The guidance reset indicates management expects weaker earnings conversion, making margin recovery dependent on pricing, cost savings and better execution at newer restaurants.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Revenue Growth and Unit Expansion
Revenue growth and continued restaurant openings show that Portillo’s brand is still expanding its customer and geographic reach. The company-owned model provides a platform for multi-year sales growth if new locations achieve acceptable returns.
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Portillo's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Restaurant Count
Tracks the total number of restaurants, indicating the company’s expansion efforts and market penetration.
Tracks the total number of restaurants, indicating the company’s expansion efforts and market penetration.
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Market Cap
$378.20M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)1.17M
Price to Earnings (P/E)24.2
Beta (1Y)0.77
Revenue Growth2.89%
EPS Growth-58.76%
CountryUS
Employees7,890
SectorConsumer Cyclical
Sector Strength84
IndustryRestaurants
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.20
Shares Outstanding72,518,680
10 Day Avg. Volume957,931
30 Day Avg. Volume1,168,024
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.40
Price to Book (P/B)0.68
Price to Sales (P/S)0.44
P/FCF Ratio-17.28
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$5.82Price Target Upside33.83% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering8
EPS Forecast (FY)0.18
Revenue Forecast (FY)$770.71M
Portillo's Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Portillo's Inc., along with its affiliated companies, owns and operates a network of quick-service and fast-casual restaurants throughout the United States. The company's diverse menu prominently features classic Chicago-style hot dogs and sausage...
How the Company Makes Money
Portillo’s makes money primarily by selling food and beverages directly to customers through its company-owned restaurants. Its core revenue stream is restaurant sales, generated from individual customer transactions across dine-in, takeout, and d...
Portillo's Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Aug 05, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Oct 29, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call conveyed a balanced view: solid revenue growth, record loyalty penetration, improved cash flow and a clear program of cost savings and organizational changes provide positive indicators for long-term profitability. However, near-term challenges are material—same-store sales and transactions slipped, restaurant-level margins were pressured by commodity inflation and underperforming new-market locations (notably in Texas/Arizona), and guidance was adjusted. Management emphasized disciplined development, prototype redesign, supply-chain savings and marketing/menu initiatives to address these issues.Positive Updates
Revenue Growth
Q2 revenues of $199.0M, up 5.6% year-over-year, driven in part by non-comparable restaurant additions contributing $13.3M of the increase.
Negative Updates
Same-Restaurant Sales and Traffic Pressure
Same-restaurant sales declined 1.2% in Q2 with transactions down 3.4%; combined promotional laps, prior-year breakfast pilot, and cannibalization represented ~250 basis points of headwind.
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Q2-2026 Updates
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Negative
Revenue Growth
Q2 revenues of $199.0M, up 5.6% year-over-year, driven in part by non-comparable restaurant additions contributing $13.3M of the increase.
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Company Guidance
Management lowered full‑year adjusted EBITDA guidance to $92–$96 million and said recent G&A, supply‑chain/indirect‑spend and development actions should generate roughly $10–$15 million of annualized run‑rate savings; they also trimmed restaurant‑level margin guidance by about 75 basis points at the midpoint. The company expects commodity inflation to be mid‑single digits for the year (beef is ~85% hedged for Q3–Q4 and the broader basket ~63% locked), anticipates roughly a 2% menu‑pricing benefit in Q3 after mid‑April selective increases (following ~1.7% carryover pricing from 2025 that lapsed in April–June), and said same‑restaurant sales are slightly positive early in Q3 even as promotional laps and cannibalization (about a 250‑bp headwind in Q2 and management warned upcoming laps could exceed ~200 bps) continue to pressure results. They reiterated 2026 openings of eight restaurants (one remaining in Q4), plan to use improving free cash flow to pay down debt (cash $21.3M; revolver drawn $97M with ~$49M capacity; net debt ~$338M), and expect to hit their commodity cost guidance by year‑end.Portillo's Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
58
Neutral
Balance Sheet
62
Positive
Cash Flow
44
Neutral
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 748.75M | 732.07M | 710.55M | 679.90M | 587.10M | 534.95M |
| Gross Profit | 180.76M | 288.67M | 287.78M | 275.17M | 228.47M | 229.40M |
| EBITDA | 65.44M | 76.01M | 94.79M | 79.85M | 67.53M | 46.06M |
| Net Income | 13.87M | 19.34M | 29.52M | 18.42M | 10.85M | 5.99M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 1.62B | 1.61B | 1.50B | 1.39B | 1.28B | 999.57M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 21.25M | 19.96M | 22.88M | 10.44M | 44.43M | 39.26M |
| Total Debt | 691.39M | 670.29M | 596.23M | 550.41M | 523.60M | 319.15M |
| Total Liabilities | 1.11B | 1.11B | 1.01B | 925.43M | 847.18M | 576.17M |
| Stockholders Equity | 480.13M | 467.80M | 401.06M | 322.38M | 256.34M | 171.26M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -7.90M | -18.52M | 9.85M | -17.14M | 9.83M | 6.69M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 79.61M | 71.91M | 98.04M | 70.78M | 56.89M | 42.87M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -86.89M | -90.19M | -88.11M | -87.84M | -47.02M | -36.26M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 11.91M | 15.37M | 2.51M | -16.93M | -4.71M | -8.78M |
Portillo's Risk Analysis
Portillo's disclosed 43 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Portillo's reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Portillo's Peers Comparison
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Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
67 Neutral | $1.43B | 34.48 | 10.97% | ― | 3.54% | 56.84% | |
61 Neutral | $18.38B | 12.79 | -2.54% | 3.03% | 1.52% | -15.83% | |
60 Neutral | $401.00M | 20.09 | -187.25% | 4.58% | 12.44% | -15.97% | |
55 Neutral | $979.50M | 35.75 | 7.35% | 8.69% | -2.05% | ― | |
53 Neutral | $378.20M | 24.24 | 2.95% | ― | 2.89% | -58.76% |
* Consumer Cyclical Sector Average
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Portillo's Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Portillo’s Q2 Results Highlight Cost Cuts Amid Expansion
Neutral
Aug 5, 2026
Portillo’s reported second-quarter 2026 results on August 5, 2026, posting revenue of $199.0 million, up 5.6% year on year, driven largely by new restaurant openings, while same-restaurant sales fell 1.2% and net income dropped to $7.2 milli...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Portillo’s Appoints New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Positive
Aug 4, 2026
Portillo’s announced on August 4, 2026 that Kevin Kalicak, a veteran Darden Restaurants executive and most recently Senior Vice President of Finance for Olive Garden, will become its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective September ...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Portillo’s Extends Interim CFO Tenure and Adds Treasurer Role
Positive
Jun 30, 2026
On June 29, 2026, Portillo’s Inc. amended its agreement with Pamela Smith, extending her tenure as Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer through the earlier of December 31, 2026, or the appointment of a permanent C...
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Portillo’s Shareholders Confirm Board, Pay, and Auditor Choices
Positive
Jun 12, 2026
On June 9, 2026, Portillo’s Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with 72,160,015 Class A shares and 3,424,546 Class B shares entitled to vote as of the April 10, 2026 record date. Shareholders elected seven directors to serve u...
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