Portillos Inc’s recently made public that its Director LEE EUGENE I JR acquired Company’s shares for reported $1.0 million on Aug 07 ’25. In the deal valued at $7.68 per share,130,250 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, LEE EUGENE I JR now holds 130,250 shares worth roughly $0.97 million.
Then, Hook Michelle Greig bought 40,000 shares, generating $306,800 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $7.67, the CFO & Treasurer now owns 173,405 shares.
Before that, Kaiser Kelly M bought 27,000 shares. Portillos Inc shares valued at $207,360 were divested by the General Counsel and Secretary at a price of $7.68 per share. As a result of the transaction, Kaiser Kelly M now holds 68,495 shares, worth roughly $0.51 million.
Robert W. Baird downgraded its Portillos Inc [PTLO] rating to a Neutral from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Stifel’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late January from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. Stifel also remained covering PTLO and has decreased its forecast on November 06, 2024 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Stephens revised its rating on October 07, 2024. It rated PTLO as “an Equal-weight” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of PTLO
On Friday, Portillos Inc [NASDAQ:PTLO] saw its stock fall -3.89% to $7.42. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -21.98%. Portillos Inc shares have fallen nearly -23.27% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -21.06% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Portillos Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Portillos Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.48 million shares to a total of 9.42 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 9.9 million shares. There was a decline of -5.12%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
