Head-To-Head Comparison: Portillo’s (PTLO) & Its Rivals

Portillo’s (NASDAQ:PTLO) is one of 383 publicly-traded companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Portillo’s to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Portillo’s has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portillo’s’ peers have a beta of 1.44, suggesting that their average share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Portillo’s and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Portillo’s	1	8	2	0	2.09
Portillo’s Competitors	3832	17318	25636	908	2.50

Portillo’s currently has a consensus target price of $6.41, suggesting a potential downside of 7.89%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 58.38%. Given Portillo’s’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Portillo’s has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.3% of Portillo’s shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Portillo’s shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Portillo’s and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Portillo’s	2.25%	3.39%	1.06%
Portillo’s Competitors	8.51%	-42.00%	2.07%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Portillo’s and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Portillo’s	$761.40 million	$19.34 million	31.61
Portillo’s Competitors	$3.73 billion	$250.18 million	-162.19

Portillo’s’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Portillo’s. Portillo’s is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Portillo’s peers beat Portillo’s on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Portillo’s Company Profile

Portillo’s operates fast-casual restaurants known for Chicago-style food. Its menu features Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, salads, ribs, chocolate cake and milkshakes. The company began in 1963, when founder Dick Portillo opened a hot dog stand called The Dog House in Villa Park, Illinois. It has since grown into a restaurant chain serving customers in Illinois and other U.S. states, including Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin.