Portillo's Inc. (PTLO)Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | Oak Brook, United States | NasdaqGS
6.17 USD
-0.16
(-2.453%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:16 a.m. EDT
Despite analyst targeting $7.50 ($5.00 target), the immediate options market is screaming 'sell': massive new put flow ($4.00-$5.00 strikes) implies a conviction that PTLO cannot hold current levels ($5.91). Combined with negative earnings growth (-51.9%) and a critical liquidity crisis (Cash $20M vs Debt $670M), the stock is a value trap with a near-term tailwarp. Avoid buying here; the setup favors puts or waiting for a more stable consolidation at lower levels. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.069386 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.069777 |
| MSTL | 0.080094 |
| AutoTheta | 0.103125 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 55% |
| H-stat | 2.60 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.679 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.60 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 134.794 |
| Revenue per Share | 10.637 |
| Market Cap | 444,866,496 |
| Trailing P/E | 22.83 |
| Forward P/E | 25.48 |
| Beta | 1.69 |
| Profit Margins | 2.64% |
| Website | https://www.portillos.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:16 a.m. EDT: Options data reveals a strong short-term protective bias among speculators. In the near term (May 2026), put volume significantly exceeds call volume, with heavy open interest and new flow at deep OTM strikes ($4.00 and $5.00). The most recent 6/18 expiration shows massive new put volume (611 contracts) crushing negligible open interest, signaling a strong selling sentiment for the upcoming week. While long-dated calls show some positioning at higher strikes ($12.00), this contrasts with the immediate, heavy aggregation of downside protection, suggesting traders are betting on a decline or hedging existing upside positions against an anticipated drop.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.4169742 |
| Address1 | 2,001 Spring Road |
| Address2 | Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 57.725 |
| All Time Low | 4.41 |
| Ask | 8.0 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.5 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,342,990 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,448,559 |
| Average Volume | 1,448,559 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,342,990 |
| Beta | 1.69 |
| Bid | 4.61 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 6.5 |
| City | Oak Brook |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 6.165 |
| Current Ratio | 0.266 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 6.46 |
| Day Low | 6.165 |
| Debt To Equity | 134.794 |
| Display Name | Portillo's |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,989,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,989,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.519 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.457 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,984,200 |
| Ebitda | 80,622,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.11013 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.081 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.551 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,135,262,848 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.188 |
| Eps Forward | 0.242 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.27 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 5.5036 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.66139984 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.12017585 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -41.69742 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 13.55 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.385 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.54501843 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.41 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.7550001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.39795923 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.41 - 13.55 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,634,823,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 66,337,872 |
| Forward Eps | 0.242 |
| Forward P E | 25.475206 |
| Free Cashflow | -40,455,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 7,890 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.21638 |
| Gross Profits | 158,402,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.073709995 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.80991995 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 72,160,015 |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Industry Disp | Restaurants |
| Industry Key | restaurants |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-10-21 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,766,880,000 |
| Long Business Summary | 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 and cheese fries, homemade chocolate cakes, and chocolate cake shake. It also operates a food truck under The Beef Bus name; and a ghost kitchen. In addition, the company provides delivery services through its application and website, as well as third-party delivery platforms. Further, it sells gift cards. Portillo's Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. |
| Long Name | Portillo's Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 444,866,496 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_307512580 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,766,880,000 |
| Net Income To Common | 19,345,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,416,000 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 456,051,294 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 6.31 |
| Operating Cashflow | 71,911,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.07218 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 630 954 3773 |
| Previous Close | 6.32 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 32.792553 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.94846153 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.60768634 |
| Profit Margins | 0.02643 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.188 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.46154 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.15500021 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.452535 |
| Regular Market Day High | 6.46 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 6.165 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 6.165 - 6.46 |
| Regular Market Open | 6.31 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.32 |
| Regular Market Price | 6.165 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,786,706 |
| Regular Market Volume | 501,974 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02073 |
| Return On Equity | 0.042719997 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.006 |
| Revenue Per Share | 10.637 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 72,160,015 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1427 |
| Shares Short | 10,280,384 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 11,222,548 |
| Short Name | Portillo's Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1602 |
| Short Ratio | 8.0 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | PTLO |
| Target High Price | 17.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.5 |
| Target Median Price | 6.0 |
| Total Cash | 19,963,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.277 |
| Total Debt | 670,294,976 |
| Total Revenue | 732,065,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.27 |
| Trailing P E | 22.833332 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 6.2778 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.11280012 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.017968098 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 501,974 |
| Website | https://www.portillos.com |
| Zip | 60,523 |