William Blair Has Pessimistic View of Portillo's Q1 Earnings

Portillo's Inc. (NASDAQ:PTLO - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Portillo's in a report released 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 prior estimate 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.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the company. Stephens reiterated an "equal weight" rating and issued a $13.00 target price on shares of Portillo's in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. UBS Group lowered their target price on Portillo's from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered Portillo's from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $13.00 target price for the company. in a research note 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 company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $13.57.

Portillo's Trading Down 2.4 %

NASDAQ:PTLO traded down $0.29 on Wednesday, hitting $11.73. 2,398,798 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,050,260. The company has a current ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58. Portillo's has a fifty-two week low of $8.38 and a fifty-two week high of $16.17. The stock has a market cap of $870.60 million, a PE ratio of 27.93, a PEG ratio of 10.75 and a beta of 1.72. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $10.34 and a 200-day moving average of $11.18.

Portillo's (NASDAQ:PTLO - Get Free Report) last announced 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 company had revenue of $178.25 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $182.07 million. Portillo's had a return on equity of 5.62% and a net margin of 3.65%. The firm's revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.07 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC lifted its holdings in Portillo's by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC now owns 32,207 shares of the company's stock worth $434,000 after buying an additional 781 shares during the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Portillo's by 43.5% during the 3rd quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 3,300 shares of the company's stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. Lakewood Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Portillo's by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Lakewood Asset Management LLC now owns 104,638 shares of the company's stock worth $984,000 after buying an additional 2,251 shares during the last quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. lifted its holdings in Portillo's by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. now owns 112,424 shares of the company's stock worth $1,093,000 after buying an additional 2,897 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Point72 DIFC Ltd bought a new position in Portillo's during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.34% of the company's stock.

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.