secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Portillo's Inc. (PTLO)
CIK:        0001871509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-05T20:03:15+00:00
Accession:  0001871509-26-000055
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 Q2 net income down 28.8% to $7.2M; same-store sales -1.2%; cuts corporate staff 18%
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- Revenue $199.0M (+5.6% YoY); same-restaurant sales -1.2% on 3.4% transaction decline.
- Net income $7.2M (-28.8%); Adjusted EBITDA $29.8M (-0.8%).
- Opened 3 restaurants in Q2; total 109; first airport location at DFW.
- Guidance: FY2026 Adj. EBITDA $92-96M; 8 new units; capex $55-60M.
- On July 31, 2026, reduced corporate workforce ~18% to improve efficiency; no restaurant-level impact.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871509/000187150926000055/0001871509-26-000055-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871509/000187150926000055/ptlo-20260805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001871509-26-000055

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