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 8.5 times as much as Portillo's ($4.3B against $507M).
On earnings, Portillo's is cheaper: it trades at 30.4× trailing earnings, against 37.4× for Wingstop.
Wingstop grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.9% versus 4.2% for Portillo's).
Wingstop keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.0% compared with 2.3% at Portillo's.
Wingstop pays a dividend yielding 0.98%; Portillo's does not pay one.
Wingstop scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 7 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 | $507M | $4.3B |
| Share price | $6.68 | $159.26 |
| Change, 1 year | 41.5% | −33.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −85.1% | −10.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.07 | 1.33 |
| Employees | 7,890 | 1,367 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 30.4× (better) | 37.4× |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 5.9× |
| P/B | 1.0× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.6× (better) | 23.3× |
| P/FCF | 40.3× | 37.0× (better) |
| PEG | 11.68 | 0.72 (better) |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | 2.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $7.96 | $203.22 |
| Margin of safety | 16.1% | 21.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.2% | 6.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.0% | 22.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −29.9% (better) | −32.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −38.9% | −30.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 51.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 86.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 27.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 16.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.7% | 16.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.6% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 4.5% | 51.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.67 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.14 (better) | 4.77 |
| Interest coverage | 1.8× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.27 | 2.12 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.79 | 2.40 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.98% |
| Payout ratio | – | 29.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −27.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 4.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 59.6% | 125% |
| Held by insiders | 47.3% | 0.72% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.1M (better) | −$1.5M |
| Short interest, % of float | 25.2% | 14.8% |
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.