Q1 Earnings Forecast for Portillo’s Issued By William Blair

Portillo’s Inc. (NASDAQ:PTLO) – Analysts at William Blair cut their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Portillo’s in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 13th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.04 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.05. The consensus estimate for Portillo’s’ current full-year earnings is $0.30 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Portillo’s’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.37 EPS.

Portillo’s (NASDAQ:PTLO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $178.25 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $182.07 million. Portillo’s had a net margin of 3.65% and a return on equity of 5.62%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.07 earnings per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on PTLO. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Portillo’s from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus cut shares of Portillo’s from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $13.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Stephens reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $13.00 price objective on shares of Portillo’s in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Portillo’s has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $13.57.

Portillo’s Price Performance

Portillo’s stock opened at $12.02 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $892.15 million, a P/E ratio of 28.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.96 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.34 and a 200-day simple moving average of $11.18. Portillo’s has a 12-month low of $8.38 and a 12-month high of $16.17. The company has a current ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Portillo’s

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Lakewood Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Portillo’s by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Lakewood Asset Management LLC now owns 104,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $984,000 after acquiring an additional 2,251 shares during the last quarter. Ridgewood Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Portillo’s in the fourth quarter valued at about $47,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Portillo’s by 10.9% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,788,113 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,086,000 after buying an additional 175,999 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Portillo’s by 2.6% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 1,291,846 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,838,000 after buying an additional 32,810 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC raised its holdings in shares of Portillo’s by 55.6% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 117,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,581,000 after buying an additional 41,944 shares during the last quarter. 98.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Portillo’s Company Profile

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 French fries, homemade chocolate cakes, and chocolate cake shake. It offers its products through its website, application, and certain third-party platforms.