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.

Revenue
+2.97%
EPS
+79.2%
Free cash flow
+155.5%
Total debt
−55.5%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

16.45 0.02 −0.12%
Market cap
$500.9M
P/E
13.9×
Fwd P/E
13.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
1.61
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
P/E ratio
11.62 13.58 11.58 16.84 17.52 26.23 22.60 0.00 46.60 26.46
Piotroski F-Score
9 8 7 4 8 6 7 5 6 5
P/S ratio
0.62 0.73 0.64 0.76 1.12 1.50 1.26 1.34 0.98 1.28
Altman Z-Score
1.61 1.58 1.48 1.55 1.85 1.84 1.50 2.29 1.94 2.03
P/FCF ratio
12.00 12.44 15.57 19.06 14.56 18.81 26.88 33.17 22.50 40.97
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
1.09 0.78 0.77 0.87 1.09 0.55 0.13 (0.33) 0.71 0.67
Beneish M-Score
(2.52) (2.72) (2.76) (2.76) (2.41) (2.49) (2.49) (2.88) (2.93) (2.64)
P/Operating CF
21.94 61.13 36.85 21.34 52.26 90.64 131.19 152.35 268.46 50.59
P/B ratio
1.05 1.32 1.20 1.26 1.64 2.29 2.27 2.21 1.43 1.84
EV/Sales
0.72 0.88 0.81 0.86 1.15 2.04 1.46 1.50 1.19 1.55
EV/EBITDA
6.07 7.30 6.91 9.01 9.23 17.11 11.47 76.10 19.05 11.61
EV/FCF
13.89 15.04 19.72 21.69 14.95 25.61 31.27 37.09 27.46 49.72
Current Ratio
0.32 0.26 0.35 0.55 0.66 0.48 0.33 0.27 0.44 0.32
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.79 1.23 1.42 1.05 0.21 4.50 1.58 7.81 3.37 2.00
Debt/Equity
0.18 0.28 0.34 0.24 0.13 0.87 0.40 0.28 0.34 0.39
ROE
9.60% 10.05% 9.61% 7.03% 9.90% 9.36% 9.75% (3.33%) 3.19% 7.19%
ROA
4.42% 4.34% 4.30% 3.44% 4.78% 3.98% 4.63% (2.01%) 1.89% 3.93%
ROIC
7.79% 7.78% 7.56% 5.73% 8.02% 4.15% 7.16% (1.78%) 1.19% 5.89%
Return on Tangible Assets
60.77% 84.53% 69.86% 43.72% 57.56% 54.51% 58.59% (20.78%) 11.31% 20.94%
Average Days of Receivables
8.35 7.69 8.02 8.43 10.77 10.70 7.33 8.04 6.55 6.64
Earnings Yield
8.60% 7.37% 8.64% 5.94% 5.71% 3.81% 4.43% (1.45%) 2.15% 3.78%
Free Cash Flow Yield
8.34% 8.04% 6.42% 5.25% 6.87% 5.32% 3.72% 3.01% 4.44% 2.44%
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.87 0.93 0.57 0.51 0.97 0.96 0.56 0.46 0.45 0.31
Book value per Share
9.98 8.73 7.32 7.73 8.63 7.89 6.68 6.88 7.15 6.91
Free Cash Flow
25.44 27.70 19.36 18.63 35.06 33.86 20.70 17.64 17.43 11.89
EV/EBIT
8.40 10.12 9.59 13.42 12.68 25.84 16.89 0.00 70.16 17.07
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