Portillo's (PTLO) Competitors

Portillo's (NASDAQ:PTLO) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media refer more to PTLO or BJRI?

In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 10 more articles in the media than Portillo's. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 2 mentions for Portillo's. Portillo's' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.42 indicating that Portillo's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Portillo's	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Restaurants	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PTLO or BJRI?

BJ's Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Portillo's. Portillo's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Portillo's	$713.80M	1.11	$18.42M	$0.42	25.31
BJ's Restaurants	$1.34B	0.58	$19.66M	$1.25	27.30

Is PTLO or BJRI more profitable?

Portillo's has a net margin of 3.65% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 2.24%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 7.98% beat Portillo's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Portillo's	3.65%	5.62%	1.82%
BJ's Restaurants	2.24%	7.98%	2.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, PTLO or BJRI?

Portillo's has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PTLO or BJRI?

Portillo's currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.70%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus target price of $38.57, indicating a potential upside of 13.01%. Given Portillo's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Portillo's is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Portillo's	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
BJ's Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PTLO or BJRI?

98.3% of Portillo's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Portillo's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PTLO or BJRI?

BJ's Restaurants received 486 more outperform votes than Portillo's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.71% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Portillo's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Portillo's	Outperform Votes 25 45.45%	Underperform Votes 30 54.55%
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 511 54.71%	Underperform Votes 423 45.29%

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats Portillo's on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.