secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Portillo's Inc. (PTLO)
CIK:        0001871509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001871509-24-000138
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Portillo's Q3 revenue up 6.9% but same-store sales -0.9%; cuts 2024 unit and comp guidance
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- Revenue $178.3M (+6.9% YoY); same-restaurant sales -0.9% vs +3.9% in Q3 2023.
- Net income $8.8M vs $6.5M; Adjusted EBITDA $27.9M vs $27.3M.
- FY2024 unit growth target lowered to 10 new units; same-store sales guidance reduced to approximately (1.0%).
- Opened 4 new restaurants YTD Q3, 1 post-quarter; expects 5 more in Dec to reach 10 total in 2024.
- CEO Michael Osanloo noted top-line fell short of expectations but margins and cash flow were protected.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871509/000187150924000138/0001871509-24-000138-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871509/000187150924000138/ptlo-20241105.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001871509-24-000138

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