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Added to YB: 2025-05-09

Pitch date: 2025-05-07

PTLO [bullish]

Portillo's Inc.

-59.46%

current return

Author Info

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Company Info

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.

Market Cap

$344.6M

Pitch Price

$11.47

Price Target

N/A

Dividend

N/A

EV/EBITDA

8.26

P/E

13.57

EV/Sales

1.38

Sector

Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure

Category

growth

Show full summary:
The best-in-class restaurant you've never heard of - Portillo's Inc.

PTLO: Fast-casual chain w/ Chicago-style street food achieving $9M+ AUV (vs McDonald's $3.5M). 24% restaurant margins & 25-35% cash-on-cash returns. Key challenge: maintaining high volumes when expanding beyond Chicago. With strong unit economics, operational consistency, and scalability, could become major player nationally.

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