PotbellyPBPB
About: Potbelly Corp owns and franchises hundreds of limited-service restaurants specializing in sandwiches and salads, shakes. The menu includes toasty sandwiches, signature salads, soups, chili, sides, desserts, and, in breakfast locations it serves breakfast sandwiches and steel-cut oatmeal. majority of its locations are company-owned and located in the United States, with Illinois and Texas housing far more locations than any other state. The company has franchise partners in a number of countries. Excluding the United States, its franchises are in the Middle East.
Employees: 5,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
21,300% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $428K | Put options by funds: $2K
67% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 5 (+2) [Q4]
31% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 13
18% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $176M [Q3] → $208M (+$32.1M) [Q4]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 109 [Q3] → 113 (+4) [Q4]
2.92% more ownership
Funds ownership: 70.89% [Q3] → 73.81% (+2.92%) [Q4]
0% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 34 | Existing positions reduced: 34
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
Benchmark Todd Brooks 26% 1-year accuracy 11 / 43 met price target | 64%upside $16 | Buy Reiterated | 7 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about PBPB published over the past 30 days
