Potbelly (PTB) Stock Overview

Owns, operates, and franchises Potbelly sandwich shops in the United States. More details

PTB fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 20.53% per year

Risk Analysis

Profit margins (2.3%) are lower than last year (7.5%)

Volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Potbelly
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$14.40
52 Week High	US$14.50
52 Week Low	US$6.70
Beta	1.52
1 Month Change	33.33%
3 Month Change	34.58%
1 Year Change	101.40%
3 Year Change	213.04%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	210.71%

Recent News & Updates

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Shareholder Returns

	PTB	DE Hospitality	DE Market
7D	-0.7%	2.2%	2.7%
1Y	101.4%	-18.1%	14.6%

Return vs Industry: PTB exceeded the German Hospitality industry which returned -18.1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: PTB exceeded the German Market which returned 14.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is PTB's price volatile compared to industry and market?
PTB volatility
PTB Average Weekly Movement	9.8%
Hospitality Industry Average Movement	4.9%
Market Average Movement	4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.3%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.5%

Stable Share Price: PTB's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: PTB's weekly volatility (10%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1977	5,000	Bob Wright	www.potbelly.com

Potbelly Corporation, together with 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.

Potbelly Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Potbelly's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
PTB fundamental statistics
Market cap	€440.17m
Earnings (TTM)	€9.18m
Revenue (TTM)	€399.61m

48.0x

P/E Ratio

1.1x

P/S Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
PTB income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$469.14m
Cost of Revenue	US$298.47m
Gross Profit	US$170.67m
Other Expenses	US$159.90m
Earnings	US$10.78m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 29, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.36
Gross Margin	36.38%
Net Profit Margin	2.30%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did PTB perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/10/05 00:51
End of Day Share Price	2025/10/03 00:00
Earnings	2025/06/29
Annual Earnings	2024/12/29

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Potbelly Corporation is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Tarantino	Baird
Todd Brooks	Benchmark Company
Gregory Francfort	BofA Global Research