TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Jun 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 123.7M
Gross Profit 43.5M 35.16%
Operating Income 4.4M 3.55%
Net Income 2.9M 2.36%
EPS (Diluted) $0.08

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 265.8M
Total Liabilities 207.4M
Shareholders Equity 58.4M
Debt to Equity 3.55

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 4.1M
Free Cash Flow 3.6M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Potbelly Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i462.6M491.4M452.0M380.1M291.3M
Cost of Goods Sold i308.9M335.1M326.5M286.3M244.3M
Gross Profit i153.7M156.3M125.5M93.8M47.0M
Gross Margin % i33.2%31.8%27.8%24.7%16.1%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i-----
Selling, General & Administrative i47.0M48.5M37.7M31.7M33.1M
Other Operating Expenses i81.2M84.4M74.9M63.5M50.9M
Total Operating Expenses i128.1M132.9M112.7M95.2M84.1M
Operating Income i12.9M11.3M950.0K-17.4M-56.9M
Operating Margin % i2.8%2.3%0.2%-4.6%-19.5%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i-----
Interest Expense i829.0K3.3M1.3M963.0K1.1M
Other Non-Operating Income-4.3M-1.6M5.4M-5.1M-14.2M
Pre-tax Income i7.8M6.5M5.0M-23.5M-72.2M
Income Tax i-33.5M909.0K327.0K172.0K-6.5M
Effective Tax Rate % i-430.8%14.0%6.5%0.0%0.0%
Net Income i41.3M5.6M4.7M-23.6M-65.7M
Net Margin % i8.9%1.1%1.0%-6.2%-22.5%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i25.5M23.5M12.8M-1.5M-37.1M
EPS (Basic) i$1.35$0.18$0.15$-0.86$-2.74
EPS (Diluted) i$1.31$0.17$0.15$-0.86$-2.74
Basic Shares Outstanding i2983800029201000286250002764000023899000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i2983800029201000286250002764000023899000

Income Statement Trend

Potbelly Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i11.7M33.8M15.6M14.4M11.1M
Short-term Investments i-----
Accounts Receivable i9.8M8.0M6.4M6.0M4.4M
Inventory i3.7M3.5M4.0M3.5M3.0M
Other Current Assets7.9M7.8M4.5M4.2M4.8M
Total Current Assets i33.2M53.1M30.5M28.1M23.3M
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i133.2M144.4M160.9M166.1M189.1M
Goodwill i7.5M7.5M7.8M7.8M7.8M
Intangible Assets i3.4M3.4M3.4M3.4M3.4M
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets40.8M4.4M7.3M7.3M8.2M
Total Non-Current Assets i229.9M199.4M214.6M225.2M260.0M
Total Assets i263.1M252.5M245.2M253.2M283.4M
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i9.6M9.9M10.7M8.1M7.5M
Short-term Debt i22.8M25.8M27.4M30.9M35.7M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities--1.0K---
Total Current Liabilities i65.2M71.1M68.9M69.9M65.6M
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i131.9M161.2M169.5M183.8M205.1M
Deferred Tax Liabilities i-----
Other Non-Current Liabilities8.0M6.1M2.4M2.0M7.2M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i140.0M167.3M172.0M185.8M212.3M
Total Liabilities i205.2M238.4M240.9M255.7M277.9M
Equity
Common Stock i398.0K389.0K384.0K380.0K339.0K
Retained Earnings i-293.5M-333.8M-338.9M-343.3M-319.5M
Treasury Stock i120.3M116.7M115.4M114.6M113.3M
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i57.9M14.1M4.3M-2.4M5.5M
Key Metrics
Total Debt i154.7M187.0M196.9M214.7M240.8M
Working Capital i-32.0M-18.0M-38.4M-41.8M-42.3M

Balance Sheet Composition

Potbelly Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i41.3M5.6M4.7M-23.6M-65.7M
Depreciation & Amortization i12.7M12.1M11.9M15.9M19.8M
Stock-Based Compensation i5.7M5.4M3.3M2.1M2.5M
Working Capital Changes i-30.6M-33.1M-26.6M-34.8M-11.8M
Operating Cash Flow i19.6M16.3M19.3M-14.2M-27.8M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-19.3M-17.1M-8.4M-9.0M-10.9M
Acquisitions i373.0K6.3M00-
Investment Purchases i-----
Investment Sales i-----
Investing Cash Flow i-19.1M-10.8M-8.4M-9.0M-10.9M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-1.4M--00
Dividends Paid i-----
Debt Issuance i11.5M39.6M39.0M38.0M71.3M
Debt Repayment i-30.3M-26.0M-40.4M-34.4M-55.0M
Financing Cash Flow i-23.9M10.2M-2.8M20.5M21.1M
Free Cash Flow i379.0K2.4M4.0M-13.9M-22.5M
Net Change in Cash i-23.4M15.7M8.1M-2.7M-17.6M

Cash Flow Trend

Potbelly Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 48.57
Forward P/E 56.67
Price to Book 8.38
Price to Sales 1.10
PEG Ratio -0.52

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 2.30%
Operating Margin 3.38%
Return on Equity 22.21%
Return on Assets 2.79%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.50
Debt to Equity 241.70
Beta 1.51

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $0.35
Book Value per Share $2.03
Revenue per Share $15.69

Peer Financial Comparison

CompanyMarket CapP/E RatioP/B RatioROEProfit MarginDebt/Equity
pbpb514.4M48.578.3822.21%2.30%241.70
McDonald's 217.9B26.17-79.00-216.57%32.21%-20.25
Starbucks 94.8B35.45-12.12-50.54%7.18%-3.63
Wendy's Company 1.8B10.0616.3799.35%8.63%3,634.77
Papa John's 1.7B22.11-3.98-20.16%3.61%-2.33
Arcos Dorados 1.4B11.072.4924.82%2.89%347.68

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.