Portillo's (PTLO) Operating Margin (2020 - 2026)

Portillo's' Operating Margin history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.46% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 342.0% year-over-year to 2.46%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 5.12% (down 297.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 5.97%, down 220.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin came in at 2.46% for Q1 2026 at Portillo's, down from 5.56% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 11.58% in Q2 2022 to a low of 2.46% in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 7.01% and a median of 7.0% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin surged 2048 bps in 2022 and slumped 597 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Portillo's' Operating Margin stood at 4.27% in 2022, then jumped by 80 bps to 7.7% in 2023, then declined by 3 bps to 7.49% in 2024, then fell by 26 bps to 5.56% in 2025, then slumped by 56 bps to 2.46% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 2.46%, 5.56%, and 3.0% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

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