Portillo's vs Wingstop
PTLO and WING 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 WING compare
Wingstop is the larger company, worth 11 times as much as Portillo's ($4.1B against $370M).
On earnings, Portillo's is cheaper: it trades at 27.1× trailing earnings, against 35.6× for Wingstop.
Wingstop grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.6% versus 2.9% for Portillo's).
Wingstop keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.2% compared with 1.9% at Portillo's.
Wingstop pays a dividend yielding 0.82%; Portillo's does not pay one.
Wingstop scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 8 for Portillo's), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PTLO | WING |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $370M | $4.1B |
| Share price | $4.87 | $149.73 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.1% | −38.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −89.6% | −10.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 1.41 |
| Employees | 7,890 | 1,367 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Growth score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.1× (better) | 35.6× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 5.7× |
| P/B | 0.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0× (better) | 22.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 31.7× |
| PEG | 10.41 | 0.68 (better) |
| FCF yield | −2.5% | 3.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $7.44 | $199.40 |
| Margin of safety | 34.6% (better) | 24.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.9% | 7.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.0% | 22.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −54.5% | −32.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −60.0% | −29.8% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 51.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 86.3% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 27.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 16.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | −1.2% | 17.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.0% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | 50.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.70 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.87 | 4.76 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 1.5× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.26 | 2.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.69 | 2.41 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.82% |
| Payout ratio | – | 28.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −27.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 5.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 59.6% | 124% |
| Held by insiders | 47.4% | 0.73% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.1M (better) | −$986K |
| Short interest, % of float | 26.3% | 18.6% |
Go deeper
- PTLO stock overview
- PTLO income statement
- PTLO valuation and score
- WING stock overview
- WING income statement
- WING valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.