Portillos Inc (NASDAQ: PTLO) is 31.49% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.38 and a high of $15.78 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The PTLO stock was last observed hovering at around $12.48 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.12%.
Currently trading at $12.36, the stock is -8.32% and -7.18% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.09 million and changing -0.96% at the moment leaves the stock 6.05% off its SMA200. PTLO registered -5.43% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -7.14%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $13.316 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.65445.
The stock witnessed a -15.34% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 37.64%, and is -0.88% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.37% over the week and 5.41% over the month.
Portillos Inc (PTLO) has around 8512 employees, a market worth around $922.09M and $710.55M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.00 and Fwd P/E is 24.17. Profit margin for the company is 4.15%. Distance from 52-week low is 47.49% and -21.67% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.09%).
with sales reaching $181.01M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -13.52% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 11.41% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.15% in year-over-year returns.
254.0 institutions hold shares in Portillos Inc (PTLO), with institutional investors hold 94.83% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 63.67M, and float is at 59.17M with Short Float at 15.52%. Institutions hold 88.40% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BERKSHIRE PARTNERS LLC with over 5.92 million shares valued at $57.57 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.6071 of the PTLO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.39 million shares valued at $52.42 million to account for 9.3894 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ORBIS ALLAN GRAY LTD which holds 5.45 million shares representing 8.8411 and valued at over $52.98 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 7.171 of the shares totaling 4.12 million with a market value of $40.04 million.
Portillos Inc (PTLO) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Hartung Jack, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Hartung Jack bought 72,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 13 ’25 at a price of $12.82 per share for a total of $0.93 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 72500.0 shares.
Portillos Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 15 ’24 that Scarpino Nicholas Anthony (Chief Marketing Officer) sold a total of 96,722 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 15 ’24 and was made at $11.75 per share for $1.14 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 28450.0 shares of the PTLO stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 15 ’24, Scarpino Nicholas Anthony (Officer) Proposed Sale 96,722 shares at an average price of $11.74 for $1.14 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Portillos Inc (PTLO).
