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El Pollo Loco Holdings

LOCO · NASDAQ

$15.70−$0.24 (−1.51%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $15.94

About LOCO

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. engages in the development, franchising, licensing, and operation of quick-service restaurants under the name El Pollo Loco. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California and currently employs 4,034 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2014-07-25. The firm offers food that integrates the culinary traditions of Mexico with the lifestyle of Los Angeles. Its menu features its signature product, citrus-marinated fire-grilled chicken, as well as a variety of Mexican and Los Angeles (LA)-inspired entrees creates from its chicken. The company serves individual and family-sized chicken meals, a variety of Mexican and Los Angeles (LA)-inspired entrees and sides, on a limited-time basis, and additional proteins like beef and shrimp. Its entrees include Chicken Avocado Burrito, Pollo Fit entrees, chicken tostada salads and Pollo Bowls. Its Creamy Cilantro dressings and salsas are prepared fresh daily, allowing its customers to create their favorite flavor profiles to enhance their culinary experience. The company operates over 498 restaurants, which consist of 173 Company-operated and 325 franchised restaurants.

Employees
4,034
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, California
Listed
Jul 25, 2014
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
Website
elpolloloco.com

LOCO key statistics

Market cap
485.10M
Price-earnings ratio
13.62
Dividend yield
—
Average volume
244.44K
Volume
246.25K
Open price
$15.97
High today
$16.13
Low today
$15.60
52 Week high
$17.40
52 Week low
$8.99

El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) at a glance

El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) last traded at $15.70, with a market cap of 485.10M and a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.62.

Today the stock has traded between $15.60 and $16.13. The current price is 0.7% above the day's low and 2.7% below its high.

Volume so far is 246.25K shares, in line with the average of 244.44K shares a day.

Over the past year El Pollo Loco Holdings has ranged from $8.99 to $17.40, and now sits 80% of the way up that range.

El Pollo Loco Holdings met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 7 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $0.30 per share against an estimate of $0.2839.

The average analyst price target is $20.71, 31.9% above the current price, from 6 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

67%of 6 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy66.7%
  • Hold33.3%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 7 analystsAvg $20.71
Low
$17.17
Now
$15.70
High
$23.63

LOCO earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 7 of the last 8 quarters, by 23.3% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $0.21 per share against an estimate of $0.1709
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $0.20 per share against an estimate of $0.1377
  3. Q1 FY25: reported $0.19 per share against an estimate of $0.2091
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $0.28 per share against an estimate of $0.2474
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $0.27 per share against an estimate of $0.2183
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $0.25 per share against an estimate of $0.1999
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $0.28 per share against an estimate of $0.2195
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $0.30 per share against an estimate of $0.2839

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