PBPB - Potbelly Corp Stock Price, Fair Value and News

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Market Summary

USD8.71-0.09

Delayed

-1.02%

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Big fall in earnings (Y/Y)

Losses in recent quarter

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PBPB Valuation

Market Cap

259.9M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

70.24

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.54

EV/EBITDA

12.52

Price/Free Cashflow

82.94

PBPB Price/Sales (Trailing)

PBPB Profitability

EBT Margin

1.02%

Return on Equity

27.1%

Return on Assets

1.63%

Free Cashflow Yield

1.21%

PBPB Fundamentals

PBPB Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

484.3M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-6.02%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-11.61%

PBPB Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

3.7M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-129.82%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-206.77%

Breaking Down PBPB Revenue

Last 7 days

-1.1%

Last 30 days

-13.8%

Last 90 days

-30.4%

Trailing 12 Months

4.4%

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PBPB Financial Health

Current Ratio

0.48

Debt/Equity

0.37

Debt/Cashflow

4.17

PBPB Investor Care

Shares Dilution (1Y)

2.37%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.13

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	484.3M	0	0	0
2023	472.0M	482.7M	485.8M	491.4M
2022	400.2M	418.7M	434.6M	452.0M
2021	281.8M	323.1M	352.1M	380.1M
2020	399.2M	349.7M	318.2M	291.3M
2019	417.8M	413.1M	410.3M	409.7M
2018	429.3M	431.5M	432.4M	422.6M
2017	412.9M	416.0M	418.3M	428.1M
2016	383.0M	392.1M	399.9M	407.1M
2015	338.9M	351.2M	362.6M	372.8M
2014	304.8M	310.3M	316.9M	327.0M
2013	281.3M	290.3M	298.5M	299.7M
2012	247.2M	256.4M	265.7M	274.9M
2011	0	0	0	238.0M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Potbelly Corp

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 30, 2024	douglas jeffrey	sold (taxes)	-130,855	10.63	-12,310	svp, chief information officer
Apr 30, 2024	noyes adam	sold (taxes)	-247,371	10.63	-23,271	svp, chief operating officer
Apr 30, 2024	douglas jeffrey	acquired	-	-	42,016	svp, chief information officer
Apr 30, 2024	cirulis steven	acquired	-	-	50,420	svp, chief financial officer
Apr 30, 2024	dixon adiya	acquired	-	-	50,420	svp, clo and secretary
Apr 30, 2024	wright robert d.	sold (taxes)	-15,702	10.19	-1,541	president and ceo
Apr 30, 2024	cirulis steven	sold (taxes)	-172,440	10.63	-16,222	svp, chief financial officer
Apr 30, 2024	dixon adiya	sold (taxes)	-149,256	10.63	-14,041	svp, clo and secretary
Apr 30, 2024	noyes adam	acquired	-	-	75,630	svp, chief operating officer
Apr 26, 2024	douglas jeffrey	sold (taxes)	-21,802	10.63	-2,051	svp, chief information officer

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 16, 2024	CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM	reduced	-38.92	-12,987	31,777	-%
May 16, 2024	COMERICA BANK	unchanged	-	443	3,173	-%
May 16, 2024	Ancora Advisors LLC	reduced	-11.99	35,925	1,605,160	0.04%
May 16, 2024	JANE STREET GROUP, LLC	new	-	336,404	336,404	-%
May 15, 2024	MORGAN STANLEY	added	20.08	464,202	1,637,740	-%
May 15, 2024	Shay Capital LLC	new	-	143,140	143,140	0.02%
May 15, 2024	OPTIONS SOLUTIONS, LLC	new	-	190,151	190,151	0.11%
May 15, 2024	Orchard Capital Management, LLC	unchanged	-	35,301	252,954	0.07%
May 15, 2024	OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP	reduced	-6.82	12,278	160,336	0.03%
May 15, 2024	Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp	new	-	425,812	425,812	0.01%

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Unveiling Potbelly Corp's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Mar 11, 2024	180 degree capital corp. /ny/	-	1,761,429	SC 13D/A
Mar 08, 2024	180 degree capital corp. /ny/	-	1,735,929	SC 13D/A
Feb 14, 2024	soviero asset management, lp	4.8%	1,405,000	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2024	renaissance technologies llc	5.00%	1,469,154	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	5.38%	1,579,581	SC 13G
Feb 08, 2024	archon capital management llc	1.65%	483,971	SC 13G/A
Feb 02, 2024	agman investments llc	0.31%	89,561	SC 13G/A
Jan 29, 2024	blackrock inc.	6.2%	1,819,598	SC 13G
Jan 16, 2024	180 degree capital corp. /ny/	-	2,169,151	SC 13D/A
Dec 21, 2023	nierenberg investment management company, inc.	2.9%	856,089	SC 13D/A

Recent SEC filings of Potbelly Corp

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 15, 2024	8-K	Current Report
May 08, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
May 08, 2024	8-K	Current Report
May 08, 2024	S-3	S-3
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 29, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Potbelly Corp)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
MCD	196.3B	25.8B	0.90%	-7.37%	22.84	7.62	10.04%	25.02%
CMG	88.3B	10.2B	10.70%	53.32%	68.09	8.65	13.61%	25.56%
SBUX	88.2B	36.5B	-9.72%	-27.32%	21.2	2.41	7.45%	16.97%
DRI	18.4B	11.2B	0.67%	-5.02%	17.77	1.64	8.53%	9.08%
DPZ	17.9B	4.5B	6.48%	64.85%	33.14	3.94	-0.24%	15.90%
TXRH	11.3B	4.8B	13.56%	46.42%	33.22	2.37	13.73%	18.99%
MID-CAP
SHAK	4.2B	1.1B	4.53%	48.70%	173.21	3.76	18.35%	298.28%
BLMN	2.0B	4.6B	-12.86%	-10.70%	28.09	0.44	2.24%	-38.66%
PZZA	1.7B	2.1B	-16.19%	-30.39%	22.65	0.79	1.73%	-6.65%
SMALL-CAP
CAKE	2.0B	3.5B	14.84%	9.73%	18.4	0.57	2.64%	121.81%
JACK	1.0B	1.6B	-10.26%	-44.25%	8.93	0.63	0.14%	-10.41%
BJRI	858.9M	1.3B	15.69%	10.00%	35.93	0.65	0.21%	292.03%
CHUY	472.1M	459.3M	-9.63%	-29.44%	15.63	1.03	5.77%	28.21%
BDL	52.9M	181.9M	14.48%	0.78%	14.99	0.29	9.56%	-56.30%
ARKR	52.5M	185.2M	4.89%	-22.03%	-7.25	0.28	-2.24%	-199.86%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

Income Statement (Quarterly)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	-11.6%	111,153,000	125,748,500	120,768,000	126,623,000	118,270,000	120,150,500	117,649,000	115,952,000	98,221,000	102,804,000	101,694,000	97,491,000	78,063,000	74,866,000	72,663,000	56,162,000	87,590,000	101,752,000	104,238,000	105,630,000	98,087,000
Operating Expenses	-8.6%	111,035,000	121,524,000	118,137,000	123,279,000	118,463,000	116,906,500	118,354,000	114,911,000	105,604,000	105,053,000	104,297,000	100,994,000	92,196,000	90,988,000	88,801,000	78,049,000	104,575,000	102,614,000	106,381,000	107,098,000	102,810,000
S&GA Expenses	-100.0%	-	14,938,000	11,894,000	11,695,000	9,969,000	10,842,000	9,554,000	8,827,000	8,518,000	8,618,000	7,260,000	8,674,000	7,172,000	5,686,000	9,588,000	7,878,000	9,834,000	4,493,500	11,192,000	13,843,000	12,709,000
EBITDA Margin	-7.0%	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.00	-0.02	-0.05	-0.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-51.5%	364,000	750,000	853,000	1,011,000	667,000	311,500	354,000	357,000	327,000	249,500	241,000	185,000	288,000	346,000	268,000	388,000	74,000	104,000	28,000	35,000	32,000
Income Taxes	-92.9%	51,000	723,000	129,000	-48,000	105,000	178,500	-4,000	-24,000	177,000	-57,500	16,000	160,000	53,000	49,000	-2,917,000	41,000	-3,709,000	268,500	66,000	246,000	13,600,000
Earnings Before Taxes	-175.5%	-2,622,000	3,474,500	1,778,000	2,333,000	-1,099,000	2,932,500	9,132,000	684,000	-7,710,000	-2,498,500	-2,844,000	-3,688,000	-14,421,000	-16,468,000	-16,406,000	-22,275,000	-17,059,000	-966,000	-2,171,000	-1,503,000	-4,755,000
EBT Margin	-22.4%	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.00	-0.03	-0.04	-0.06	-0.11	-0.16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-206.8%	-2,767,000	2,591,500	1,495,000	2,381,000	-1,204,000	2,575,000	9,029,000	708,000	-7,887,000	-2,498,500	-2,948,000	-3,848,000	-14,474,000	-16,427,000	-13,412,000	-22,216,000	-13,336,000	-1,332,000	-2,355,000	-1,866,000	-18,439,000
Net Income Margin	-28.7%	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.00	-0.03	-0.04	-0.06	-0.11	-0.15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-1858.1%	-3,270,000	186,000	-2,492,000	8,710,000	-3,969,000	7,946,000	-2,759,000	7,980,000	-9,117,000	760,000	-5,894,000	2,213,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Assets	-9.9%	227	252	251	257	251	245	242	246	242	253	257	265	270	283	307	327	351	333	334	345	352
Current Assets	-39.2%	32.00	53.00	48.00	52.00	42.00	31.00	26.00	30.00	24.00	28.00	23.00	26.00	23.00	23.00	36.00	44.00	60.00	32.00	32.00	34.00	33.00
Cash Equivalents	-60.1%	13.00	34.00	31.00	34.00	26.00	16.00	10.00	15.00	9.00	14.00	10.00	12.00	12.00	11.00	23.00	29.00	46.00	19.00	16.00	18.00	14.00
Net PPE	1.2%	46.00	45.00	45.00	43.00	43.00	44.00	45.00	46.00	47.00	50.00	53.00	54.00	56.00	61.00	65.00	68.00	73.00	79.00	80.00	82.00	84.00
Goodwill	-0.1%	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Liabilities	-10.3%	214	238	242	250	247	241	241	255	252	256	257	263	264	278	285	293	295	264	263	272	275
Current Liabilities	-5.2%	67.00	71.00	70.00	74.00	66.00	69.00	67.00	72.00	66.00	70.00	68.00	73.00	65.00	66.00	61.00	64.00	89.00	54.00	53.00	55.00	52.00
Long Term Debt	-73.9%	5.00	19.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	9.00	10.00	19.00	21.00	18.00	14.00	9.00	12.00	16.00	22.00	-	-	-	-	-	-
LT Debt, Current	-100.0%	-	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	-	-	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LT Debt, Non Current	-100.0%	-	19.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	9.00	10.00	19.00	21.00	18.00	14.00	9.00	12.00	16.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shareholder's Equity	-7.1%	14.00	15.00	10.00	7.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	-	-	-	-	3.00	6.00	5.00	22.00	35.00	56.00	69.00	70.00	73.00	76.00
Retained Earnings	-0.8%	-336	-333	-336	-338	-340	-338	-341	-350	-351	-343	-340	-337	-333	-319	-303	-289	-267	0.00	-252	-250	-248
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.8%	466	463	461	459	458	456	455	454	453	453	452	451	451	438	438	437	436	435	435	434	433
Shares Outstanding	1.0%	30.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	28.00	28.00	27.00	27.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	-14.2%	-0.68	-0.60	-0.32	-0.23	-0.23	-0.20	-0.15	-0.11	-0.19	-0.09	-0.02	-0.11	-0.14	-0.28	-0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Float	-	-	-	-	232	-	-	-	147	-	-	-	248	-	-	-	56.00	-	-	-	117	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	-86.1%	693	4,987	2,479	12,679	-657	11,458	-960	9,717	-7,739	2,265	-1,684	4,246	-9,700	-3,865	-2,821	2,893	-7,816	8,305	2,875	9,361	-2,373
Share Based Compensation	-46.2%	1,771	3,291	-	-	911	1,655	-	100	675	1,097	100	300	193	480	1,000	100	490	951	100	300	459
Cashflow From Investing	-3239.5%	-3,736	119	-4,971	-2,703	-3,216	-3,512	-1,799	-1,737	-1,378	-1,505	-4,210	-2,033	-1,300	-2,218	-1,369	-2,473	-4,860	-4,832	-4,303	-2,658	-2,572
Cashflow From Financing	-698.8%	-18,022	-2,256	-830	-1,311	14,599	-1,833	-2,392	-2,816	4,257	3,757	3,892	-1,882	11,381	-6,198	-1,495	-17,144	39,686	-425	-880	-2,468	-999
Buy Backs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70.00	680	2,323	1,144

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PBPB Income Statement

2024-03-31

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 26, 2023
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 111,153	$ 118,270
Sandwich shop operating expenses, excluding depreciation
Food, beverage and packaging costs	29,270	32,620
Labor and related expenses	32,253	36,502
Occupancy expenses	11,714	13,310
Other operating expenses	19,829	20,484
Franchise support, rent and marketing expenses	2,537	591
General and administrative expenses	11,547	9,969
Depreciation expense	3,011	2,971
Pre-opening costs	0	22
Loss on Franchise Growth Acceleration Initiative activities	133	949
Impairment, loss on disposal of property and equipment and shop closures	741	1,045
Total operating expenses	111,035	118,463
Income (loss) from operations	118	(193)
Interest expense, net	364	667
Loss on extinguishment of debt	2,376	239
Loss before income taxes	(2,622)	(1,099)
Income tax expense	51	105
Net loss	(2,673)	(1,204)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	94	123
Net loss attributable to Potbelly Corporation	$ (2,767)	$ (1,327)
Net income per common share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (in USD per share)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.05)
Diluted (in USD per share)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.05)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	29,551	28,907
Diluted (in shares)	29,551	28,907
Sandwich shop sales, net
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 107,577	$ 116,947
Franchise royalties, fees and rent income
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 3,576	$ 1,323

PBPB Balance Sheet

2024-03-31

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 12,723	$ 33,788
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $21 and $26 as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively	8,380	7,960
Inventories	3,556	3,516
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	7,476	7,828
Assets classified as held-for-sale	171	0
Total current assets	32,306	53,092
Property and equipment, net	45,608	45,087
Right-of-use assets for operating leases	138,068	144,390
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	3,404	3,404
Goodwill	2,053	2,056
Restricted cash	749	749
Deferred expenses, net and other assets	5,268	3,681
Total assets	227,456	252,460
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	9,970	9,927
Accrued expenses	32,982	35,377
Short-term operating lease liabilities	24,464	24,525
Current portion of long-term debt	0	1,250
Total current liabilities	67,416	71,078
Long-term debt, net of current portion	5,000	19,168
Long-term operating lease liabilities	134,768	142,050
Other long-term liabilities	6,616	6,070
Total liabilities	213,800	238,367
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
Equity
Common stock, $0.01 par value—authorized 200,000 shares; outstanding 29,685 and $29,364 shares as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively	394	389
Warrants	1,745	2,219
Additional paid-in-capital	466,132	462,583
Treasury stock, held at cost, 10,131 and $10,077 shares as of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively	(117,366)	(116,701)
Accumulated deficit	(336,564)	(333,797)
Total stockholders’ equity	14,341	14,693
Non-controlling interest	(685)	(600)
Total equity	13,656	14,093
Total liabilities and equity	$ 227,456	$ 252,460

About Potbelly Corp

Potbelly Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises Potbelly sandwich shops in the United States. The company was formerly known as Potbelly Sandwich Works, Inc. and changed its name to Potbelly Corporation in 2002. Potbelly Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

CEO	Mr. Robert D. Wright
WEBSITE	potbelly.com
INDUSTRY	Restaurants
EMPLOYEES	6000

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What is the fair value of PBPB stock?

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What is the fair value of PBPB stock?

You can check PBPB's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Potbelly Corp is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Potbelly Corp is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for PBPB so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Potbelly Corp a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether PBPB is over valued or under valued. Whether Potbelly Corp is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Potbelly Corp's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for PBPB.

What is Potbelly Corp's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Fri May 17 2024, PBPB's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 70.24 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.54. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. PBPB PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Potbelly Corp's stock?

In the past 10 years, Potbelly Corp has provided -0.055 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.