Both in Restaurants & Hospitality

Portillo's vs El Pollo Loco Holdings

Over the past year PTLO returned −0.6% and LOCO returned +51.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

PTLO −0.6% LOCO +51.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPTLOLOCO
Price$5.21$15.55
Market cap$377.8M$473.2M
Today+0.58%−0.13%
1 month+46.8%+8.0%
6 months+8.9%+18.8%
Year to date+14.8%+48.7%
1 year−2.6%+52.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.6%+3.0%
Gross margin65.0%78.8%
Net margin3.5%9.9%
P/E (TTM)27.2×13.6×
Price / sales0.5×0.9×
Net cash-$317.2M-$18.2M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)57.2%29.5%
Short % of float15.5%6.3%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).