Consumer Cyclical
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(LOCO)
Live Price
Offline$16.03
+1.52% today
1Y Change
+44.03%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $390.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +3.6%
- EPS Growth
- +5.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 245 bars Β· Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $390.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $16.03 and up 44.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.6%, EPS growth of +5.8%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.6%, EPS +5.8%, free cash flow -8.2% with operating margin 8.7% and ROIC 5.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 14.5 and price/sales 0.8. Stock Foundry combines LOCO price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+3.6% vs +7.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+8.7% vs +8.4% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
14.5 vs 18.1 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +3.6% and EPS at +5.8%, with operating margin around 8.7%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +15.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Ξ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | β | +3.6% | -0.2% | +2.3% |
2026 Mar 12, 2026 | +19.1% | +16.9% | +31.7% | +27.6% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +17.4% | +12.8% | +14.2% | +20.4% |
Benchmark Edge
LOCO vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LOCO
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LOCO Max Drawdown
-21.01%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LOCO and SPY.
Company Overview
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
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. As of May 04, 2022, the company operated 480 restaurants comprising 189 company-operated and 291 franchised restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses one restaurant in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.
- Leadership
- Elizabeth Goodwin Williams
- IPO Date
- Jul 25, 2014
- Employees
- 4.0k
- Street Address
- 3535 Harbor Boulevard
- Mailing
- Costa Mesa, CA, 92626
- Region
- Costa Mesa, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 714 599 5000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 14.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.7
- Price/Sales
- 0.8
- Price/Book
- 1.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.6%
- EPS
- +5.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- -8.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 28.6%
- Operating Margin
- 8.7%
- Net Margin
- 5.4%
- ROE
- 9.5%
- ROIC
- 5.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.82
- Current Ratio
- 0.08
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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