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LOCO NASDAQ US

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. - Common Stock

Consumer Discretionary · Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure Website · IPO Jul 2014
$13.89
▲ +$0.01 (+0.07%)
Vol 225K
11
Quality Score
ok
Deep Check
2/5 ok
Mkt Cap
$313.3M
P/E
12.1
ROE
9.6%
Margin
5.4%
D/E
22.13
Beta
0.92
52W
$8–$13

Wall Street Consensus

11 analysts · Apr 2026
3
Strong Buy
5
Buy
3
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong Sell
72.7%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

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Earnings

Beat rate: 75.0%
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Dec 2025 $0.20 $0.25 +$0.05
Sep 2025 $0.22 $0.27 +$0.05
Jun 2025 $0.25 $0.28 +$0.03
Mar 2025 $0.21 $0.19 $-0.02

Fundamentals Trend

Metric 2025-06-25 2025-09-02 2025-10-02 2025-11-03 2025-12-03 2026-01-02
ROE (TTM) 937.0% 9.4% 9.4% 9.4% 9.6% 9.6%
P/E (TTM) 13.14 12.75 11.77 11.84 12.65 12.10
Net Margin 565.0% 5.2% 5.2% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4%
Gross Margin 5418.0% 52.5% 52.5% 53.2% 53.2% 53.2%
D/E Ratio 25.77 25.77 25.77 25.77 22.13 22.13
Current Ratio 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.41 0.41

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
4.4%
P/S (TTM)
0.65
P/B
1.4
EPS (TTM)
$0.88
CF/Share
$1.20
Rev Growth 3Y
+1.4%
52W High
$12.65
52W Low
$8.29
$8.29 52-Week Range $12.65

How does LOCO compare to Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure peers?

Peer group: Small-cap Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure ($300M+) · 51 companies

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LOCO valuation vs Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure peers

P/E ratio
12.1
▼ 55% below peers (27.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
P/S ratio
0.7
▼ 65% below peers (1.9)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
P/B ratio
1.4
▼ 83% below peers (8.1)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
Div yield
—
▼ 0% below peers (1.7%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line

LOCO profitability vs Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure peers

ROE
9.6%
▼ 36% below peers (15.0%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Below avg
Net margin
5.4%
▲ 8% above peers (5.0%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Gross margin
53.2%
▼ 7% below peers (57.4%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
ROA
4.4%
▲ 6% above peers (4.1%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line

LOCO financial health vs Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure peers

D/E ratio
22.1
▼ 83% below peers (128.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low debt
Current ratio
0.4
▼ 58% below peers (1.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low liquidity
Beta
0.9
▼ 25% below peers (1.2)
vs Peers
vs Industry
More volatile

LOCO fundamentals radar

LOCO Peer median Industry

LOCO profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

LOCO vs peers: key metrics

Latest News

El Pollo Loco Holdings Reaches Analyst Target Price
Nasdaq · Mar 20
El Pollo Loco (LOCO) Q4 2025 Earnings Transcript
Yahoo Finance · Mar 19