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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) vs Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA)

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. and Papa John's International, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Papa John's International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $644.3M against $496.7M — 1.3× the size. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.8× against 23.9×. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.40% against −5.65%. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.96% vs 1.34%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.82% vs 18.6%). Across the 21 metrics below, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. leads on 16 and Papa John's International, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric LOCO PZZA Restaurants median
P/E 13.85 23.94 24.26
P/S 0.97 0.33 0.92
P/B 1.53 n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow 11.85 25.01 20.49
EV/EBITDA 7.28 7.74 11.76
EV/Sales 1.01 0.69 1.24
Earnings yield 7.22% 4.18% 2.07%
Free cash flow yield 8.44% 4.00% 3.58%

Profitability

Metric LOCO PZZA Restaurants median
Gross margin 32.23% 28.73% 38.77%
Operating margin 10.52% 4.30% 4.30%
Net margin 6.96% 1.34% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 8.19% 1.30% 3.12%
Return on equity 11.79% (6.16%) 3.72%
Return on assets 5.74% 3.12% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 9.82% 18.60% 3.14%

Growth

Metric LOCO PZZA Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.40% (5.65%) 5.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.65% (64.57%) (7.75%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.84% 2.52% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 1.59% (6.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric LOCO PZZA Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.10 (1.71) 0.10
Current ratio 0.41 0.83 0.77
Net debt to EBITDA 0.79 3.91 0.43

Dividend

Metric LOCO PZZA Restaurants median
Dividend yield — 7.12% 1.97%
Payout ratio — 1.75 0.42

Size

Metric LOCO PZZA Restaurants median
Market cap 496.66m 644.28m 493.91m

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