LOCO — El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

NAS · US · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · elpolloloco.com

13.90USD-1.21%Mkt Cap: 422.72M USDP/E: 14.16Last update: 2026-05-26

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. The company operates and franchises restaura…

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Key Statistics

Company

Market Cap422.72M USD

Enterprise Value659.71M USD

Revenue (TTM)497.05M USD

Gross Profit108.56M USD

Net Income (TTM)26.49M USD

Revenue/Share16.99 USD

Last Price13.90 USD

Fiscal Year EndDec 2025

MR QuarterApr 2026

Employees4.0K

CountryUS

SectorConsumer Cyclical

IndustryRestaurants

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Valuation

P/E (Trailing)14.16

P/E (Forward)13.04

PEG—

EV/EBITDA10.08

EV/Revenue1.33

P/S0.87

P/B1.42

EPS (TTM)0.98

EPS (Forward)1.08

52W Range

8.87072% of range15.90

52W High15.90 USD

52W Low8.870 USD

Profitability

Gross Margin22.15%

Oper. Margin9.78%

EBITDA Margin13.16%

Profit Margin5.40%

ROE9.10%

ROA4.37%

Growth

Revenue Growth5.90%

Earnings Growth43.30%

Cash Flow & Leverage

Operating CF48.08M USD

CapEx (TTM)22.64M USD

FCF Margin5.04%

FCF Yield5.92%

Net Debt229.07M USD

Net Debt/EBITDA3.50

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity0.83

Current Ratio0.34

Quick Ratio0.23

Book Value/Sh9.933 USD

Cash/Share0.1280 USD

Dividends

Fwd Div Rate—

Trail. Div Rate0.0000 USD

Div. Yield—

5Y Avg Yield—

Payout Ratio0.00%

Ex-Div DateOct 21, 2022

Pay DateNov 9, 2022

Analyst Consensus

Rating1.8 (Buy)

Target (Mean)17.88 USD

Target Range15.00 USD – 22.50 USD

# Analysts4

Ownership

Shares Out.30.46M

Float25.07M

Insiders2.59%

Institutions93.35%

Short Interest

Short Ratio5.4d

Short % Float5.32%

Short % Out.4.44%

Shares Short1.35M

Short (prev mo.)1.74M

Technical

SMA 5013.72 (+1.3%)

SMA 20011.28 (+23.2%)

Beta0.69

S&P 52W Chg28.31%

Avg Vol (30d)320.13K

Avg Vol (10d)493.16K

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