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PTLO — Portillo's Inc.

US Consumer Discretionary Restaurants equity mkt cap 724.4M
4.97 +4.19% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 3.81 · high 7.29

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Performance

1 day+4.19%
1 week-3.68%
1 month+14.65%
3 months+21.22%
6 months-12.19%
Year to date+8.28%
1 year-31.07%
3 years-73.38%

Technicals

RSI 1459.9
vs 50-day avg+8.02%
vs 200-day avg-0.28%
Volatility 1y52.0%
Max drawdown 1y-47.74%
Avg volume 30d1.3M
Daily bars held1,213
History from2021-10-21

Measured signals that fired on PTLO

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-13Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-15Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-30Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-16Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-12LEE EUGENE I JR
Director
Open-market purchase65.4K4.59300.0K
2026-05-31Kaiser Kelly M
General Counsel and Secretary
Grant or award3.2K3.8612.2K
2026-05-31Waite Jill Francine
Chief People Officer
Grant or award1.1K3.864.4K
2026-05-31Kaiser Kelly M
General Counsel and Secretary
Shares withheld for tax923.86355
2026-05-31Correia Keith M
Chief Information Officer
Grant or award733.86282
2026-05-31Waite Jill Francine
Chief People Officer
Shares withheld for tax333.86127
2026-05-31Correia Keith M
Chief Information Officer
Shares withheld for tax23.868
2026-05-11LEE EUGENE I JR
Director
Open-market purchase70.2K4.28300.3K
2026-05-02Hook Michelle Greig
CFO & Treasurer
Shares withheld for tax4.0K6.4925.9K
2026-05-02Kaiser Kelly M
General Counsel and Secretary
Shares withheld for tax1.8K6.4911.9K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Orbis Allan Gray Ltd37.4M7.1M
BlackRock, Inc.27.1M5.1M
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.23.5M5.2M
Engaged Capital LLC18.2M3.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC16.1M3.0M
Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC10.9M2.1M
MARSHALL WACE, LLP9.0M1.7M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC8.8M1.7M
STATE STREET CORP6.8M1.3M
Select Equity Group, L.P.6.1M1.2M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d41.8% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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