# Portillo's Inc. (PTLO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Price $4.42, market value $321 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 24.6×** (5-yr avg 38.9×, 3-yr avg 28.9×). Portillo's Inc. trades at 24.6× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 38.9×: cheap by its own standards. The Consumer Cyclical median in the September 2026 study was 19.5×. Forward P/E is 19.0×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.7×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **EV / EBITDA: 8.7×**. Enterprise value is 8.7× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -2.9%** (5-yr avg -0.8%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 4.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 4.5%**. 4.5% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 2.6%**. 2.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.1%**. 4.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 3.8%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 3.8%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 0.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.9% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 3.0%** (3-yr 7.6%/yr, 5-yr 10.0%/yr). Revenue grew 3.0% over the last year, against 10.0% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -41.3%** (3-yr 2.6%/yr). Earnings per share fell 41.3%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.52**. Debt is 0.52 times equity, moderate leverage.
- **Current ratio: 0.27** (quick 0.27). Current liabilities exceed current assets, so the company depends on ongoing cash generation or refinancing to pay the next year's bills.
- **Altman Z-score: 1.02**. A Z-score of 1.02 is in the distress zone, a signal to examine the balance sheet closely.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Portillo's Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -34.5%** (YTD -2.6%, 3-mo 10.8%). The shares are down 34.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -35.3%** (17.1% above the low). Trading 35% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 44**. An RSI of 44 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.53** (volatility 53%). Beta of 0.53 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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