Portillo's vs Sweetgreen
PTLO and SG side by side, both in eating and drinking places. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PTLO and SG compare
Sweetgreen is the larger company, worth 3.6 times as much as Portillo's ($1.3B against $370M).
On earnings, Portillo's is cheaper: it trades at 27.1× trailing earnings, against 111× for Sweetgreen.
Portillo's grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.9% versus −0.65% for Sweetgreen).
Sweetgreen keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.0% compared with 1.9% at Portillo's.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PTLO | SG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $370M | $1.3B |
| Share price | $4.87 | $11.07 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.1% | 59.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −89.6% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 1.71 |
| Employees | 7,890 | 6,486 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 8 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.1× (better) | 111× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 1.9× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 2.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0× | – |
| PEG | 10.41 | – |
| FCF yield | −2.5% (better) | −8.8% |
| Fair value | $7.44 | $4.65 |
| Margin of safety | 34.6% (better) | −138% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.9% (better) | −0.65% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.0% | 25.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −54.5% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −60.0% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 11.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% (better) | −21.4% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 2.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | −1.2% (better) | −17.1% |
| Return on equity | 3.0% | 3.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% (better) | −45.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.70 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.87 | – |
| Interest coverage | 1.5× (better) | −1404.9× |
| Current ratio | 0.26 | 1.43 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.69 | 0.71 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 59.6% | 80.7% |
| Held by insiders | 47.4% | 12.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.1M | $4.1M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 26.3% | 23.8% |
Go deeper
- PTLO stock overview
- PTLO income statement
- PTLO valuation and score
- SG stock overview
- SG income statement
- SG valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.