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Portillo's Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Portillo's Inc. had return on equity of 4.5%, an operating margin of 6.0%, debt equal to 90.7% of equity and a current ratio of 0.27. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin10.2%12.6%5.6%7.0%8.2%8.2%6.0%4.5%
Net margin−2.7%−1.8%−2.8%1.8%2.7%4.2%2.6%1.9%
Free-cash-flow margin4.4%8.1%1.3%1.7%−2.5%1.4%−2.5%−1.2%
Return on equity−8.7%−5.7%−9.7%5.1%6.4%8.2%4.5%2.9%
Return on assets—−0.9%−1.6%1.0%1.4%2.0%1.2%0.9%
Asset turnover—0.500.560.520.510.490.470.46
Current ratio—0.820.880.850.400.390.270.26
Debt to equity0.0%333.8%190.2%125.8%99.7%83.9%90.7%90.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.1x1.3x0.8x1.5x2.0x2.3x1.9x1.5x
Effective tax rate0.0%0.0%—9.6%11.6%16.2%12.4%−3.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue4.6%4.7%6.8%8.0%12.9%12.4%12.4%11.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income———90.6%−93.0%33.4%−95.8%−66.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · June 28, 2026
What it owns · $1.6bn
Short-term assets $50mLonger-term assets $1.6bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.6bn
Short-term liabilities $189mLonger-term liabilities $926mShareholders' equity $480m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $50m of assets due within a year against $189m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $50m short-term assets against $926m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $21m of cash against $241m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 50% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 184% to 50% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $78m of operating cash flow against $241m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $34m against $23m of interest.

From Portillo's Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

16 /100

Weak moat

How hard Portillo's's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 0.9% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Durability 8 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.4%; its worst year was 3.4%.

  • Cash conversion 2 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 5 years, at a median -0.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Portillo's Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Portillo's Inc.