Income statement
USD
Annual
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 490M | 473M | 469M | 470M | 454M |
| Gross Profit | 140M | 104M | 93M | 84M | 99M |
| Operating Income | 42M | 41M | 40M | 30M | 41M |
| EBITDA | 58M | 57M | 55M | 45M | 56M |
| Net Income | 26M | 26M | 26M | 21M | 29M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$16.07
-1.02% today
1Y Change
+44.03%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → 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 $16.07 and up 44.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Edge
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
Uses the longest available daily history for LOCO and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$454.4M
-3.3% YoY
FY Net Income
$29.1M
+40.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$35.1M
+88.2% YoY
Revenue Growth
+3.6%
EPS Growth
+5.8%
Gross Margin
28.6%
Net Margin
5.4%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 490M | 473M | 469M | 470M | 454M |
| Gross Profit | 140M | 104M | 93M | 84M | 99M |
| Operating Income | 42M | 41M | 40M | 30M | 41M |
| EBITDA | 58M | 57M | 55M | 45M | 56M |
| Net Income | 26M | 26M | 26M | 21M | 29M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 6M | 2M | 7M | 20M | 30M |
| Total Assets | 607M | 592M | 592M | 597M | 614M |
| Total Liabilities | 316M | 331M | 342M | 316M | 303M |
| Shareholder Equity | 291M | 261M | 251M | 281M | 311M |
| Total Debt | 240M | 263M | 273M | 253M | 233M |
| Net Debt | 233M | 261M | 266M | 232M | 203M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
52M
+35.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
17M
+14.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
35M
+88.2% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
28.6%
Operating Margin
8.7%
Net Margin
5.4%
ROE
9.5%
Debt / Equity
0.82x
Next Step
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