Growth Metrics

Portillo's (PTLO) Operating Margin (2020 - 2025)

Portillo's (PTLO) has disclosed Operating Margin for 6 consecutive years, with 5.56% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 193.0% to 5.56% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 5.97% through Dec 2025, down 220.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.97% for FY2025, 220.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin hit 5.56% in Q4 2025 for Portillo's, up from 3.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 17.38% in Q2 2021 to a low of 16.21% in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 6.98% across 5 years, with a median of 7.6% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: tumbled -2939bps in 2021 and later soared 2048bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 16.21% in 2021, then surged by 126bps to 4.27% in 2022, then surged by 80bps to 7.7% in 2023, then fell by -3bps to 7.49% in 2024, then dropped by -26bps to 5.56% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for PTLO at 5.56% in Q4 2025, 3.0% in Q3 2025, and 9.3% in Q2 2025.