Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL) & Portillo’s (NASDAQ:PTLO) Head-To-Head Survey

Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL) and Portillo’s (NASDAQ:PTLO) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Super Hi International and Portillo’s”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Super Hi International	$733.36 million	1.46	$25.26 million	N/A	N/A
Portillo’s	$702.36 million	1.29	$18.42 million	$0.40	30.95

Super Hi International has higher revenue and earnings than Portillo’s.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Super Hi International and Portillo’s, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Super Hi International	0	0	0	0	N/A
Portillo’s	0	3	4	0	2.57

Portillo’s has a consensus price target of $13.86, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. Given Portillo’s’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Portillo’s is more favorable than Super Hi International.

Profitability

This table compares Super Hi International and Portillo’s’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Super Hi International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Portillo’s	3.30%	5.08%	1.66%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.3% of Portillo’s shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Portillo’s shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Portillo’s beats Super Hi International on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Super Hi International

Super Hi International Holding Ltd., an investment holding company, operates Haidilao branded Chinese cuisine restaurants in Asia, North America, and internationally. The company is involved in the food delivery business. It also engages in sale of hot pot condiment products and food ingredients. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Singapore.

About Portillo’s

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. Portillo’s Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.