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LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
NAS · US · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · elpolloloco.com
16.96USD+2.60%Mkt Cap: 516.52M $P/E: 17.31

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 Cap516.52M $
Enterprise Value745.59M $
Revenue (TTM)497.05M $
Gross Profit108.56M $
Net Income (TTM)26.49M $
Revenue/Share16.99 USD
Last Price16.96 USD
Fiscal Year EndDec 2025
MR QuarterApr 2026
Employees4.0K
CountryUS
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryRestaurants
ISIN—
Valuation
P/E (Trailing)17.31
P/E (Forward)15.65
PEG—
EV/EBITDA11.40
EV/Revenue1.50
P/S1.04
P/B1.71
EPS (TTM)0.98
EPS (Forward)1.08
52W Range
8.985100% of range17.00
52W High17.00 USD
52W Low8.985 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 $
CapEx (TTM)22.64M $
FCF Margin5.04%
FCF Yield4.85%
Net Debt229.07M $
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)
Strong BuyBuyHoldSellStr. Sell
Target (Mean)17.88 USD
Upside (mean)+5.4%
Target Range15.00 USD – 22.50 USD
$15.00+5.4% to mean$22.50
# Analysts4
Ownership
Shares Out.30.46M
Float25.08M
Insiders2.55%
Institutions93.11%
Short Interest
Short Ratio4.9d
Short % Float6.59%
Short % Out.5.49%
Shares Short1.67M
Short (prev mo.)1.80M
Technical
SMA 5014.34 (+18.2%)
SMA 20011.86 (+43.1%)
Beta0.71
S&P 52W Chg20.05%
Avg Vol (30d)319.57K
Avg Vol (10d)404.01K
Technical Indicators
RSI (14)71.5
MACD0.6807
MACD Signal0.5633
MACD Hist.+0.1174
BB Upper17.39 USD
BB Middle15.38 USD
BB Lower13.37 USD
BB Width26.13%
ATR (14)0.5392 USD
Vol Ratio (20d)0.91x