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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

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.

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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

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 9.60

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	2	—	—

Insider Ownership 4.94%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 496.66

Revenue 500.79

Net Income 34.86

Free Cash Flow 41.01

Net Debt 18.05

Current Ratio 0.41

Debt/Equity 0.10

P/E ratio 13.85

Fwd P/E 14.00

P/S ratio 0.97

P/B ratio 1.53

Past 5Y EPS Growth 5.77%

This Y EPS Growth 4.76%

Next Y EPS Growth 7.79%

Next Y revenue growth 2.87%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 5.44%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 28.57%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 49.32%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 48.21%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 40.14%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 3.21%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —

Annual Dividend Rate —

Annual Dividend Yield —

	total	individual payouts
2023	Powerpack
2022	0.00	1.50
2021	Powerpack
2020	Powerpack
2019	Powerpack
2017	Powerpack

special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	7	2	6	13
Receivables	10	10	11	13
Inventory	2	2	2	2
Other	—	—	—	—
	25	20	26	34

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	13	12	16	19
ST’ Debt	—	—	—	—
Other	—	—	—	—
	73	76	79	85

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	3.27%	2.84%	1.40%
Cash Flow	(1.85%)	3.47%	7.64%
Earnings	0.97%	1.59%	8.39%
Book Value	1.75%	0.95%	1.16%

Revenue $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	126	130	—	—	—
’25	119	126	122	124	490
’24	116	122	120	114	473
’23	115	121	120	112	469
’22	110	124	120	116	470
’21	108	122	116	109	454
’20	105	100	111	110	426

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	13	32	—	—	—
’25	5	14	15	14	48
’24	11	17	13	6	47
’23	4	18	11	8	41
’22	(2)	14	10	17	39
’21	7	19	16	10	52
’20	(8)	19	22	7	41

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	3	23	—	—	—
’25	1	9	10	5	25
’24	7	10	9	1	28
’23	(2)	15	5	2	19
’22	(6)	9	6	10	19
’21	2	16	12	5	35
’20	(9)	18	21	5	34

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	0.27	0.43	—	—	—
’25	0.19	0.24	0.25	0.22	0.90
’24	0.19	0.25	0.21	0.20	0.86
’23	0.13	0.20	0.28	0.14	0.74
’22	0.06	0.20	0.14	0.18	0.57
’21	0.11	0.24	0.28	0.17	0.80
’20	0.10	0.16	0.28	0.15	0.68

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	10.08	9.55	9.05	9.60	6.15	12.06	8.15	8.11	8.17	8.29	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	15.44	14.85	16.95	18.47	19.90	21.96	14.79	13.00	14.25	12.65
People
People	Employees	5,355	5,637	5,573	5,005	4,711	4,626	4,931	4,362	4,143	4,034
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.12
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	380	402	436	442	426	454	470	469	473	490
	Gross margin, %	25.56	24.79	27.74	28.11	28.27	29.07	25.51	28.12	30.83	31.90
	EBT	31	9	(12)	35	30	39	29	35	35	38
	EBT margin, %	8.19	2.27	(2.80)	7.82	7.07	8.68	6.15	7.44	7.46	7.67
	Net income	18	9	(9)	25	24	29	21	26	26	26
	Depreciation	16	18	18	18	17	15	15	15	16	16
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	9.91	10.45	11.30	12.04	12.11	12.63	12.93	13.68	15.85	16.79
	Earnings	0.48	0.22	(0.23)	0.68	0.70	0.81	0.57	0.75	0.86	0.91
	Cash flow	1.29	1.40	1.18	0.98	1.15	1.45	1.06	1.19	1.57	1.65
	Capex	(0.98)	(0.94)	(0.72)	(0.42)	(0.19)	(0.47)	(0.55)	(0.62)	(0.64)	(0.78)
	Free cash flow	0.31	0.45	0.46	0.56	0.96	0.97	0.51	0.57	0.93	0.87
	Book value	6.91	7.15	6.88	6.68	7.89	8.63	7.73	7.32	8.73	9.98
	Shares, m	38	38	39	37	35	36	36	34	30	29
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	26.46	46.60	0.00	22.60	26.23	17.52	16.84	11.58	13.58	11.62
	P/S	1.28	0.98	1.34	1.26	1.50	1.12	0.76	0.64	0.73	0.62
	P/B	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/FCF	49.72	27.46	37.09	31.27	25.61	14.95	21.69	19.72	15.04	13.89
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	49	54	45	36	41	52	39	41	47	48
	Capex	(37)	(36)	(28)	(15)	(7)	(17)	(20)	(21)	(19)	(23)
	Free cash flow	12	17	18	21	34	35	19	19	28	25
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	(31)	(27)	(61)	(49)	(35)	(25)	(31)	(47)	(56)	(53)
	Total debt	104	93	74	97	241	42	68	86	73	52
	Net debt	102	85	67	89	228	12	47	78	70	46
	Shareholders’ equity	265	275	265	246	278	311	281	251	261	291
Returns, %
Returns, %	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
	ROE	7.19	3.19	(3.33)	9.75	9.36	9.90	7.03	9.61	10.05	9.60

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Company	Market cap	P/E	Fwd P/E	Revenue growth (Q)	EPS growth (Q)	FCF growth (Q)	Gross margin (Q)	EBIT margin (Q)	Compare
PZZA Papa John's International, Inc.	$644.3M	23.9×	22.7×	−8.84% (below 0%: shrinking)	−10.71% (below 0%: shrinking)	−31.42% (below 0%: shrinking)	29.72%	4.81%	Compare
HDL Super Hi International Holding Ltd. Unsponsored ADR	$634.3M	37.9×	—	+9.99% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+43.42% (above 0%: growing)	65.85%	5.26%	Compare
LOCO El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.	$496.7M	13.8×	14.0×	+2.97% (above 0%: growing)	+79.17% (above 0%: growing)	+155.53% (above 0%: growing)	32.80%	14.42%
BH.A Biglari Holdings Inc.	$491.2M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−1.19% (below 0%: shrinking)	−18.71% (below 0%: shrinking)	−73.82% (below 0%: shrinking)	30.05%	0.00%	Compare
KRUS Kura Sushi USA, Inc.	$475.3M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	+16.17% (above 0%: growing)	−40.00% (below 0%: shrinking)	+46.90% (above 0%: growing)	11.94%	(0.05%)	Compare
DIN DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC.	$417.8M	65.3×	8.5×	+4.38% (above 0%: growing)	−60.67% (below 0%: shrinking)	−97.04% (below 0%: shrinking)	37.86%	13.16%	Compare
NATH Nathan's Famous, Inc.	$417.5M	20.9×	24.9×	+15.03% (above 0%: growing)	−0.92% (below 0%: shrinking)	+363.28% (above 0%: growing)	32.63%	23.43%	Compare
BRCB Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc.	$414.1M	— (loss-making)	31.3×	+25.01% (above 0%: growing)	—	−27.71% (below 0%: shrinking)	73.07%	6.51%	Compare
PTLO Portillo's Inc.	$363.8M	24.6×	19.4×	+5.57% (above 0%: growing)	−23.08% (below 0%: shrinking)	+13.07% (above 0%: growing)	65.03%	6.92%	Compare
Median of peers	$446.5M	24.6×	22.7×	+7.78%	−20.89%	−7.32%	35.25%	5.89%

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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) key facts

Strength: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $490.0 million, up 3.60% from fiscal 2024.
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
As of October 16, 2026, LOCO traded at $16.34, a market capitalization of $496.7 million.
Return on equity was 9.60% and debt-to-equity 0.10.
Its Piotroski F-score is 9 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.61 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.