El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

LOCO Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $490.0 million, up 3.60% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 2.97%, EPS grew 79.2%, free cash flow grew 155.5% and total debt fell 55.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Operating cash flow growth for three consecutive years.

16.34 0.02 +0.12%
Market cap
$496.7M
P/E
13.8×
Fwd P/E
14.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
1.61
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
26.46 46.60 0.00 22.60 26.23 17.52 16.84 11.58 13.58 11.62
Piotroski F-Score
5 6 5 7 6 8 4 7 8 9
P/S ratio
1.28 0.98 1.34 1.26 1.50 1.12 0.76 0.64 0.73 0.62
Altman Z-Score
2.03 1.94 2.29 1.50 1.84 1.85 1.55 1.48 1.58 1.61
P/FCF ratio
40.97 22.50 33.17 26.88 18.81 14.56 19.06 15.57 12.44 12.00
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
0.67 0.71 (0.33) 0.13 0.55 1.09 0.87 0.77 0.78 1.09
Beneish M-Score
(2.64) (2.93) (2.88) (2.49) (2.49) (2.41) (2.76) (2.76) (2.72) (2.52)
P/Operating CF
50.59 268.46 152.35 131.19 90.64 52.26 21.34 36.85 61.13 21.94
P/B ratio
1.84 1.43 2.21 2.27 2.29 1.64 1.26 1.20 1.32 1.05
EV/Sales
1.55 1.19 1.50 1.46 2.04 1.15 0.86 0.81 0.88 0.72
EV/EBITDA
11.61 19.05 76.10 11.47 17.11 9.23 9.01 6.91 7.30 6.07
EV/FCF
49.72 27.46 37.09 31.27 25.61 14.95 21.69 19.72 15.04 13.89
Current Ratio
0.32 0.44 0.27 0.33 0.48 0.66 0.55 0.35 0.26 0.32
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.00 3.37 7.81 1.58 4.50 0.21 1.05 1.42 1.23 0.79
Debt/Equity
0.39 0.34 0.28 0.40 0.87 0.13 0.24 0.34 0.28 0.18
ROE
7.19% 3.19% (3.33%) 9.75% 9.36% 9.90% 7.03% 9.61% 10.05% 9.60%
ROA
3.93% 1.89% (2.01%) 4.63% 3.98% 4.78% 3.44% 4.30% 4.34% 4.42%
ROIC
5.89% 1.19% (1.78%) 7.16% 4.15% 8.02% 5.73% 7.56% 7.78% 7.79%
Return on Tangible Assets
20.94% 11.31% (20.78%) 58.59% 54.51% 57.56% 43.72% 69.86% 84.53% 60.77%
Average Days of Receivables
6.64 6.55 8.04 7.33 10.70 10.77 8.43 8.02 7.69 8.35
Earnings Yield
3.78% 2.15% (1.45%) 4.43% 3.81% 5.71% 5.94% 8.64% 7.37% 8.60%
Free Cash Flow Yield
2.44% 4.44% 3.01% 3.72% 5.32% 6.87% 5.25% 6.42% 8.04% 8.34%
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.31 0.45 0.46 0.56 0.96 0.97 0.51 0.57 0.93 0.87
Book value per Share
6.91 7.15 6.88 6.68 7.89 8.63 7.73 7.32 8.73 9.98
Free Cash Flow
11.89 17.43 17.64 20.70 33.86 35.06 18.63 19.36 27.70 25.44
EV/EBIT
17.07 70.16 0.00 16.89 25.84 12.68 13.42 9.59 10.12 8.40
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