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Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. (BRCB) vs El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. and El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. and El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. are of similar size ($529.3M and $500.9M). Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. trades at 12.8×. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.80% vs 0.69%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.34% vs 1.09%). Across the 16 metrics below, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. leads on 13 and Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric BRCB LOCO Restaurants median
P/E n/m 12.80 23.91
P/S 1.02 0.87 1.01
P/B 2.08 1.37 2.00
Price to free cash flow n/m 13.98 17.98
EV/EBITDA 14.80 6.69 12.67
EV/Sales 1.09 0.92 1.28
Earnings yield (9.04%) 7.81% 2.51%
Free cash flow yield (17.71%) 7.15% 3.29%

Profitability

Metric BRCB LOCO Restaurants median
Gross margin 72.74% 0.00% 35.13%
Operating margin 0.97% 10.16% 3.98%
Net margin 0.69% 6.80% 2.02%
Free cash flow margin (18.08%) 6.25% 2.13%
Return on equity (2.07%) 11.35% 4.57%
Return on assets 0.78% 5.65% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 1.09% 9.34% 3.37%

Growth

Metric BRCB LOCO Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 5.15% 5.52%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) — 4.65% (5.05%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 2.84% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 1.59% 0.00%

Health

Metric BRCB LOCO Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.28 0.08 0.20
Current ratio 0.71 0.29 0.77
Net debt to EBITDA (0.12) 0.79 0.43

Dividend

Metric BRCB LOCO Restaurants median
Dividend yield — — 1.83%
Payout ratio — — 0.44

Size

Metric BRCB LOCO Restaurants median
Market cap 529.27m 500.93m 597.81m

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