DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. (DIN) vs El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. and El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $432.5M against $367.2M — 1.2× the size. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.9× against 57.5×. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.44% against 4.40%. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.96% vs 0.71%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.82% vs 10.5%). Across the 21 metrics below, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. leads on 13 and DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. on 8.

Valuation

Metric DIN LOCO Restaurants median
P/E 57.49 11.94 22.14
P/S 0.38 0.84 0.91
P/B n/m 1.32 2.01
Price to free cash flow 41.56 10.21 19.41
EV/EBITDA 8.53 6.31 11.48
EV/Sales 1.67 0.88 1.20
Earnings yield 1.74% 8.37% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 2.41% 9.79% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric DIN LOCO Restaurants median
Gross margin 39.50% 32.23% 38.77%
Operating margin 14.54% 10.52% 4.30%
Net margin 0.71% 6.96% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 0.90% 8.19% 3.12%
Return on equity (2.54%) 11.79% 3.07%
Return on assets 0.36% 5.74% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 10.53% 9.82% 3.14%

Growth

Metric DIN LOCO Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.44% 4.40% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.70%) 4.65% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.99% 2.84% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 1.59% 0.00%

Health

Metric DIN LOCO Restaurants median
Debt to equity (4.17) 0.10 0.10
Current ratio 0.86 0.41 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 5.58 0.79 0.43

Dividend

Metric DIN LOCO Restaurants median
Dividend yield 4.50% — 2.32%
Payout ratio 0.41 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric DIN LOCO Restaurants median
Market cap 367.24m 432.45m 482.66m

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