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 2.8 times as much as Portillo's ($1.5B against $516M).
On earnings, Portillo's is cheaper: it trades at 30.9× trailing earnings, against 81.7× for Sweetgreen.
Portillo's grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.2% versus 0.03% for Sweetgreen).
Sweetgreen keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.8% compared with 2.3% 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 | $516M | $1.5B |
| Share price | $6.79 | $12.26 |
| Change, 1 year | 45.7% | 128% |
| Change, 5 years | −84.8% | −76.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.08 | 1.66 |
| Employees | 7,890 | 6,486 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 7 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 30.9× (better) | 81.7× |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 2.1× |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 3.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.7× | – |
| P/FCF | 41.0× | – |
| PEG | 11.88 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.4% (better) | −6.9% |
| Fair value | $7.92 | $5.53 |
| Margin of safety | 14.3% (better) | −122% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.2% (better) | 0.03% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.0% | 25.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −29.9% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −38.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 11.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.3% (better) | −20.7% |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.7% (better) | −14.8% |
| Return on equity | 3.6% | 4.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 4.5% (better) | −45.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.67 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.14 | – |
| Interest coverage | 1.8× (better) | −1323.6× |
| Current ratio | 0.27 | 1.27 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.80 | 0.86 (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 | 47.3% | 12.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.1M | $3.0M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 25.2% | 20.9% |
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.