secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Portillo's Inc. (PTLO)
CIK:        0001871509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001871509-25-000093
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Portillo's Q1 revenue up 6.4% to $176.4M; net income falls to $4.0M; raises same-store sales guidance
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- Revenue $176.4M (+6.4% YoY); same-restaurant sales +1.8% on 4.9% avg check, but traffic down 3.1%.
- Net income $4.0M (-$1.4M YoY); Adjusted EBITDA $21.2M (-2.6%); Restaurant-Level EBITDA $36.7M (+0.8%).
- Raised FY2025 same-restaurant sales guidance to 1-3% (from flat to +2%); narrowed revenue growth to 10-12%.
- Commodity inflation 3.4%; menu price increases of 1.5% in Jan and 1.0% in Apr 2025; breakfast test at 5 Chicagoland locations.
- Plan 12 new restaurants in FY2025, including a walk-up format; entering Atlanta and San Antonio in H2 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871509/000187150925000093/0001871509-25-000093-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871509/000187150925000093/ptlo-20250506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001871509-25-000093

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