LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
16.55USD+0.61%Mkt Cap: 504.04M $P/E: 16.89

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 Cap504.04M $
Enterprise Value733.11M $
Revenue (TTM)497.05M $
Gross Profit108.56M $
Net Income (TTM)26.49M $
Revenue/Share16.99 USD
Last Price16.55 USD
Fiscal Year EndDec 2025
MR QuarterApr 2026
Employees4.0K
CountryUS
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryRestaurants
ISIN
Valuation
P/E (Trailing)16.89
P/E (Forward)15.32
PEG
EV/EBITDA11.21
EV/Revenue1.47
P/S1.01
P/B1.67
EPS (TTM)0.98
EPS (Forward)1.08
52W Range
8.98590% of range17.40
52W High17.40 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 Yield4.97%
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
Rating
Target (Mean)18.70 USD
Upside (mean)+13.0%
Target Range15.00 USD22.50 USD
$15.00+13.0% to mean$22.50
# Analysts5
Ownership
Shares Out.30.46M
Float25.52M
Insiders2.47%
Institutions92.38%
Short Interest
Short Ratio4.9d
Short % Float6.80%
Short % Out.5.67%
Shares Short1.73M
Short (prev mo.)1.78M
Technical
SMA 5014.97 (+10.5%)
SMA 20012.22 (+35.5%)
Beta0.69
S&P 52W Chg20.25%
Avg Vol (30d)284.38K
Avg Vol (10d)236.84K
Technical Indicators
RSI (14)59.2
MACD0.4513
MACD Signal0.5337
MACD Hist.-0.0824
BB Upper17.30 USD
BB Middle16.35 USD
BB Lower15.41 USD
BB Width11.53%
ATR (14)0.4738 USD
Vol Ratio (20d)0.58x