Casual restaurant chain Portillo’s (NASDAQ: PTLO) will be reporting results this Tuesday before market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Portillo's missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $181.4 million, up 1.8% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ same-store sales estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Portillo’s revenue to be flat year on year, improving from the 1.7% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings.
Looking at Portillo’s peers in the restaurants segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Chipotle delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.6%, and Wingstop reported revenues up 8.6%, falling short of estimates by 1.2%. Chipotle traded up 1.9% following the results while Wingstop was also up 3.4%.
Read our full analysis of Chipotle’s results here and Wingstop’s results here.
Investors in the restaurants segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Portillo's is down 3.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $7.80 (compared to the current share price of $5.66).
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