Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF (JACK) vs El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF 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 $255.7M — 1.7× the size. Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF trades at the lower P/E: 7.7× against 11.9×. Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.3% against 4.40%. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.96% vs 2.36%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.82% vs −6.29%). Across the 21 metrics below, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. leads on 12 and Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF on 9.

Valuation

Metric JACK LOCO Restaurants median
P/E 7.74 11.94 22.14
P/S 0.18 0.84 0.91
P/B n/m 1.32 2.01
Price to free cash flow 4.33 10.21 19.41
EV/EBITDA 66.19 6.31 11.48
EV/Sales 1.16 0.88 1.20
Earnings yield 12.93% 8.37% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 23.12% 9.79% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric JACK LOCO Restaurants median
Gross margin 27.08% 32.23% 38.77%
Operating margin (3.52%) 10.52% 4.30%
Net margin 2.36% 6.96% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 4.21% 8.19% 3.12%
Return on equity (3.64%) 11.79% 3.07%
Return on assets 1.50% 5.74% 1.50%
Return on invested capital (6.29%) 9.82% 3.14%

Growth

Metric JACK LOCO Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.34% 4.40% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (126.74%) 4.65% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.48% 2.84% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 1.59% 0.00%

Health

Metric JACK LOCO Restaurants median
Debt to equity (1.63) 0.10 0.10
Current ratio 0.58 0.41 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 31.38 0.79 0.43

Dividend

Metric JACK LOCO Restaurants median
Dividend yield 2.31% — 2.32%
Payout ratio 0.24 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric JACK LOCO Restaurants median
Market cap 255.66m 432.45m 482.66m

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