Portillo's (PTLO) Competitors

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

Does the media favor BJRI or PTLO?

In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 21 more articles in the media than Portillo's. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 10 mentions for Portillo's. Portillo's' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.08 indicating that Portillo's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Portillo's	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BJRI or PTLO?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $38.57, suggesting a potential upside of 15.35%. Portillo's has a consensus target price of $13.86, suggesting a potential upside of 1.52%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BJ's Restaurants is more favorable than Portillo's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Portillo's	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is BJRI or PTLO more profitable?

Portillo's has a net margin of 3.30% 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
BJ's Restaurants	2.24%	7.98%	2.86%
Portillo's	3.30%	5.08%	1.66%

Which has more volatility & risk, BJRI or PTLO?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BJRI or PTLO?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BJRI or PTLO?

BJ's Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Portillo's. BJ's Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portillo's, 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
BJ's Restaurants	$1.34B	0.59	$19.66M	$1.25	26.75
Portillo's	$702.36M	1.42	$18.42M	$0.38	35.92

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BJRI or PTLO?

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 48.08% of users gave Portillo's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 511 54.71%	Underperform Votes 423 45.29%
Portillo's	Outperform Votes 25 48.08%	Underperform Votes 27 51.92%

Summary

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