What is William Blair’s Estimate for Portillo’s Q1 Earnings?

Portillo’s Inc. (NASDAQ:PTLO) – Analysts at William Blair dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Portillo’s in a report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.03 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.04. The consensus estimate for Portillo’s’ current full-year earnings is $0.35 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Portillo’s’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.14 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.12 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Portillo’s from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $13.00 to $16.00 in a report on Monday, January 27th. Stephens boosted their price objective on shares of Portillo’s from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of Portillo’s from $15.00 to $13.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, UBS Group cut their price target on shares of Portillo’s from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $14.14.

Portillo’s Trading Down 6.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ PTLO opened at $13.95 on Thursday. Portillo’s has a 1-year low of $8.38 and a 1-year high of $16.17. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $12.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $12.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 14.77 and a beta of 1.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 0.38 and a quick ratio of 0.31.

Portillo’s (NASDAQ:PTLO) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.15. Portillo’s had a return on equity of 5.62% and a net margin of 3.65%. The business had revenue of $184.61 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $185.16 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Portillo’s

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC purchased a new position in shares of Portillo’s in the third quarter worth $3,165,000. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC lifted its position in Portillo’s by 51.2% during the 3rd quarter. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC now owns 207,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,801,000 after acquiring an additional 70,409 shares during the period. Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust grew its stake in Portillo’s by 11.8% during the 3rd quarter. Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust now owns 899,461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,116,000 after purchasing an additional 94,817 shares during the last quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC grew its stake in Portillo’s by 29.4% during the 3rd quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 1,272,214 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,137,000 after purchasing an additional 288,675 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Portillo’s by 10.9% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,788,113 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,086,000 after purchasing an additional 175,999 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.34% of the company’s stock.

Portillo’s Company Profile

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 French fries, homemade chocolate cakes, and chocolate cake shake. It offers its products through its website, application, and certain third-party platforms.