Consumer Discretionary / RestaurantsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

LOCO stock hub

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Fair value midpoint

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

419.4M

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Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E14.4

P25 11.5P50 15.8P75 23.1

Trailing P/E14.3

P25 13.1P50 20.6P75 33.1

ROEn/a

P25 -21.1P50 4.5P75 16.1

ROIC6.6

P25 -4.5P50 5.2P75 12.8

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Indicator catalog

All LOCO market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

215

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 215 of 215 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001606366
Company name	El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	268603107
Employees	4,034
Employees Change	-109%
Employees Change Percent	-2.63
Enterprise value	$654.2M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Restaurants
IPO Date	2014-07-25
Isin	US2686031079
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$419.4M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$14
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	123,215.42x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sic	5812
Symbol	LOCO
Website	https://www.elpolloloco.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	6.95%
EV Earnings	22.43x
EV Sales Forward	1.28x
EV/EBIT	13.35x
EV/EBITDA	10.06x
EV/Sales	1.32x
Forward P/E	14.43x
P/B ratio	1.44x
P/E ratio	14.28x
P/S ratio	0.84x
PE Ratio10 Y	24.16x
PE Ratio3 Y	12.84x
PE Ratio5 Y	14.83x
PS Forward	0.82x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	9.86%
EBITDA Margin	13.08%
Gross margin	22.9%
Gross Profit	$113.8M
Gross Profit Growth	11.43%
Gross Profit Growth Q	21.91%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	8.64%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	4.63%
Net Income	$29.2M
Net Income Growth	15.48%
Net Income Growth Q	48.82%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Net Income Growth3 Y	7.3%
Net Income Growth5 Y	3.26%
Pretax Margin	8.3%
Profit Margin	5.87%
Profit Per Employee	$7,229
Profitable Years	7
Roa5y	4.14
Roe5y	9.24
ROIC	6.59
Roic5y	5.56

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	3.78%
Cagr1y	57.71%
Cagr3y	14.42%
Cagr5y	-1.85%
EPS Growth	14.22
EPS Growth Q	43.28
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	3
EPS Growth3 Y	15.28
EPS Growth5 Y	7.33
Revenue Growth	4.42x
Revenue Growth Q	5.88x
Revenue Growth Quarters	6x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	1.56x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.01x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Cash	$6.2M
Debt	$241M
Debt EBITDA	$3.71
Debt Equity	$0.83
Equity	$291.1M
Interest Coverage	12.18
Net Cash	$-234.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-55.98
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.61
Net Debt Equity	$0.81
Tangible Book Value	$-19.5M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-0.65
WACC	5.56

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.51%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$1.5

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	44.98%
1Y total return	57.66%
200-day SMA	11.14
3Y total return	49.81%
50-day SMA	13.25
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-8.93%
All Time High	41.7
All Time High Change	-66.43%
All Time High Date	2014-08-01
All Time Low	6.15
All Time Low Change	127.68%
All Time Low Date	2020-03-18
ATR	0.5
Beta	0.69
Beta1y	0.33
Beta2y	0.8
Ch YTD	33.84
High	15.9
High52	15.9
High52 Date	2026-05-08
High52ch	-11.95%
Low	13.67
Low52	8.87
Low52 Date	2025-05-23
Low52ch	57.84%
Ma50ch	5.65%
Premarket Change Percent	17.47
Premarket Price	$15.87
Price vs 200-day SMA	25.68%
RSI	60.47
RSI Monthly	62.13
RSI Weekly	65.63
Sharpe ratio	1.3x
Sortino ratio	2.7
Total Return	0.51%
Tr YTD	33.84
Tr1m	-0.28%
Tr1w	7.12%
Tr3m	27.97%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	5
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.22
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	15.79
Earnings Revenue Estimate	122,094,400x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	2.45x
Operating Income	$49M
Operating Income Growth	23.82
Operating Income Growth Q	37.29
Operating Income Growth3 Y	13.56
Operating Income Growth5 Y	4.96
Operating margin	9.86
Price target	$15.13
Price Target Change	$8.07

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	24,564,933%
Float Percent	82%
Shares Insiders	3.01%
Shares Institutions	75.45%
Shares Out	29,956,259
Shares Qo Q	0.63%
Shares Yo Y	-0.51%
Short Float	6.61%
Short Ratio	4.21
Short Shares	5.42

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	275,435.25x
Bv Per Share	9.72
Ch10y	25.56
Ch1m	-0.28
Ch1w	7.12
Ch1y	57.66
Ch3m	27.97
Ch3y	49.81
Ch5y	-21.13
Ch6m	33.97
Change	3.63%
Change From Open	-11.67
Close	13.51
Days Gap	17.32
Depreciation Amortization	16,021,500
Dollar Volume	14,887,180
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$49M
EBITDA	$65M
EPS	$0.98
F Score	2
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,980
Graham Number	14.63818
Graham Upside	4.56
Income Tax	$12.1M
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-04-01
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-13
Lynch Fair Value	$4.9
Lynch Upside	-65
Ma150	11.42
Ma150ch	22.57%
Ma20	13.66
Ma20ch	2.46%
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-30
Open	15.85
Optionable	Yes
Position In Range	14.8
Post Close	14
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.07
Postmarket Price	$13.85
Pre Close	13.51
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.45
Relative Volume	3.86x
Revenue	497,051,000x
Tax By Revenue	2.43x
Tax Rate	29.33%
Tr6m	33.97%
Us State	California
Volume	1,063,370

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

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Income

Does LOCO pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

LOCO stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns LOCO?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+75.4%

Float: +82.0% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+3.0%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

LOCO momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

60.5

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+25.7%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.69

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

1.30

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

LOCO vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABNB	Airbnb Inc.	84B	34.7x	6.6x	15.9%	+29.9%	+14.9%	احتفاظ
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.9T	32.6x	3.9x	13.5%	+12.1%	+44.5%	تخفيض
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	128.6B	21.8x	4.6x	57.9%	+37.4%	-19.6%	شراء

Questions

About LOCO

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What is the current LOCO stock rating?

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full LOCO analysis?

The full report lives at /stocks/LOCO/analysis. The bare ticker page is a product hub that summarizes the latest read and sends readers into the relocated analysis tabs without making the analysis surface depend on the hub.

What fair-value range is used for LOCO?

The latest report frames LOCO around the latest fair-value range. Treat that range as the entry point, then check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making an investment decision.

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