PTLO's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 14. Buying reached its highest in 20 days.
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Up 62% from Oct 27 to Nov 10.
| Outperforming | Up 72% in 6 months vs the S&P's +2% |
| Its score | Up:Highest Quality Score since Feb 2025 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 5 |
Tue Nov 17: Portillo's Fireside Chat at…Industry event · date confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed -0.4% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Above Averagefor quality, not price, 6 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. PTLO scores 14 today, against a median of 0 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
PTLO is #2 of 27 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Tue Feb 23, before the open (in 105 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $194.1M; a profit of $0.06 a share.
“Operating income for the quarter ended September 27, 2026 was $11.8 million compared to $5.4 million for the quarter ended September 28, 2025, an increase of $6.3 million or 116.8%, primarily due to the aforementioned changes in revenue and expenses, lower pre-opening expenses of $2.6 million, and a favorable year-over-year change in other (income) loss, net, of $1.1 million, as the prior-year period included a legacy Barnelli’s trade name impairment charge that did not recur in the current year.”
PTLO's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Same-restaurant sales | 2% to 3% |
Sales grew 10% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Its share count grew 19% a year over 3 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | +10.8% | +28.8% | not yet |
| Aug 5, 2026 | -1.5% | -6.2% | +1.9% |
| May 5, 2026 | +0.2% | -16.4% | -28.0% |
Sales grew in five of the last six years, to $732M in 2025. It made a profit in four of the seven years.
RSI 78.5, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
One insider bought $300K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: PTLO is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Portillos Inc serves the Chicago street food industry through high-energy and multichannel restaurants designed to ignite the senses and create memorable dining experiences. The company owns and operates fast-casual restaurants in the United States, along with two food production commissaries in Illinois. Its menu includes hot dogs, beef and sausage sandwiches, sandwiches and ribs, salads, burgers, chicken, sides and soup, and others.
“The restaurant industry is highly competitive and fragmented.”
PTLO scores 14 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average. It is #2 of 27 in Retail-Eating Places by Quality Score, with 6 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 62% from Oct 27 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
PTLO scores 14 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average (11 to 14). That is #2 of 27 in Retail-Eating Places by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind PTLO's 14.
One insider bought $300K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest is Eugene I. Lee Jr., Director, who bought $300K on Aug 12.
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Insider and Congress trades, the chart, and the financials, in one score.
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