El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. LOCO

Consumer discretionary SIC 5812 - Retail-Eating Places NAICS Accommodation and Food Services › Food Services and Drinking Places › Restaurants and Other Eating Places derived Nasdaq

We opened our first location on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, California, in 1980, and have grown our restaurant system to 503 domestic restaurants, comprised of 175 company-operated and 328 franchised restaurants as of December 31, 2025. Our restaurants are located principally in California, but also in Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Washington and Louisiana. Additionally, as of December 31, 2025, we had 8 licensed restaurants in the Philippines. Our typical restaurant is a free-standing building with drive-thru service that ranges in size from 2,200 to 3,000 square feet with seating for approximately 50 to 70 people.

El Pollo Loco is a differentiated and growing restaurant concept that specializes in fire-grilling citrus-marinated chicken and operates in the limited service restaurant ("LSR") market segment. We believe that our market position to make and serve quality chicken that is fast and easy sets El Pollo Loco apart. Our distinctive menu features our signature product, citrus-marinated fire-grilled chicken, served in a variety of Mexican-inspired entrees, like burritos, tostadas, and salads, as well as bone-in chicken meals available in a variety of sizes to feed individuals and larger groups. Our entrees include favorites such as tostadas, burritos, bowls, and salads, and we offer a variety of fresh salsas and delicious dressings that give our customers the opportunity to customize their meals. Our distinctive menu with high quality chicken entrees appeals to consumers across a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds and drives our balanced composition of sales throughout the day, including at lunch and dinner.

Last close 14.42 2026-10-23
Market cap $438.8M 2026-07-01 share count
52-week range 8.98 - 17.40

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S0.9x
P/E16.0x
P/FCF17.2x
EV/EBITDA8.3x
Dividend yield—
Diluted EPS0.90

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $490.0M$473.0M$468.7M$470.0M$454.4M$426.1M$442.3M$435.8M$401.7M$380.1M
SG&A $50.3M$46.3M$42.0M$39.1M$39.9M$35.9M$40.4M$50.3M$38.5M$34.7M
Total operating expenses $448.0M$431.8M$428.9M$439.8M$413.0M$392.5M$404.0M$445.3M$394.9M$345.5M
Operating income $42.0M$41.2M$39.8M$30.1M$41.3M$33.6M$38.3M-$9.5M$6.8M$34.6M
Interest expense $4.5M$5.9M$4.8M$1.7M$1.8M$3.3M$3.7M$3.5M$3.3M$3.2M
Pre-tax income $37.6M$35.3M$34.9M$28.9M$39.5M$30.1M$34.6M-$12.2M$9.1M$31.1M
Income tax $11.1M$9.6M$9.3M$8.1M$10.3M$5.7M$9.7M$3.2M$497.0K$12.8M
Net income $26.5M$25.7M$25.6M$20.8M$29.1M$24.5M$24.9M-$9.0M$8.6M$18.3M
EPS, basic 0.910.860.750.570.810.700.68-0.230.220.48
EPS, diluted 0.900.860.740.570.800.680.67-0.230.220.47
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 29.4M30.0M34.4M36.6M36.4M35.8M37.4M38.6M39.1M39.0M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $6.2M$2.5M$7.3M$20.5M$30.0M$13.2M$8.1M$7.0M$8.6M$2.2M
Receivables ——————$8.5M$9.6M$7.2M$6.9M
Inventory $1.8M$1.9M$1.9M$2.4M$2.3M$2.1M$2.0M$2.5M$2.3M$2.1M
Total current assets $25.6M$19.9M$25.1M$37.4M$49.5M$31.7M$24.7M$22.0M$20.7M$14.4M
Property, plant and equipment $97.0M$86.1M$84.0M$78.6M$75.7M$79.6M$91.8M$104.1M$102.8M$118.5M
Goodwill $248.7M$248.7M$248.7M$248.7M$248.7M$248.7M$248.7M$248.7M$248.7M$248.7M
Total assets $606.6M$592.0M$592.3M$597.2M$613.8M$605.2M$624.8M$450.2M$442.7M$471.3M
Accounts payable $15.7M$12.1M$12.5M$12.7M$10.6M$7.5M$5.6M$9.6M$12.3M$11.6M
Total current liabilities $79.1M$75.7M$72.6M$68.5M$74.6M$66.4M$74.0M$82.9M$47.3M$45.3M
Long-term debt $51.0M$71.0M$84.0M$66.0M$40.0M$62.8M————
Total liabilities $315.6M$331.3M$341.6M$316.1M$303.2M$327.6M$379.2M$185.0M$167.8M$206.1M
Retained earnings $43.6M$18.9M$14.0M-$11.6M-$32.4M-$61.5M-$86.0M-$110.9M-$98.4M-$107.0M
Total equity $291.1M$260.7M$250.7M$281.1M$310.6M$277.6M$245.6M$265.2M$274.9M$265.2M

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $48.1M$46.8M$40.7M$38.5M$52.1M$40.5M$36.1M$45.4M$53.7M$49.3M
Depreciation and amortisation $16.0M$15.7M$15.2M$14.4M$15.2M$16.9M$17.9M$17.8M$18.1M$16.1M
Stock-based compensation $5.4M$3.9M$3.0M$3.5M$3.2M$3.1M$2.5M$2.0M$1.1M$1.1M
Capital expenditure $22.6M$19.1M$21.3M$19.9M$17.0M$6.7M$15.4M$27.8M$36.2M$37.4M
Investing cash flow -$22.6M-$18.9M-$13.4M-$18.9M-$12.5M-$6.7M-$10.7M-$27.8M-$36.2M-$35.2M
Financing cash flow -$21.7M-$32.6M-$40.4M-$29.2M-$22.8M-$28.7M-$24.4M-$19.2M-$11.1M-$18.0M
Dividends paid ———$55.6M——————
Buybacks $1.8M$20.6M$59.2M—$0$0$48.4M$981.0K$0$0

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001606366-26-000021.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -200M 0 200M 400M 600M Revenue, FY2016: 380.1M Net income, FY2016: 18.3M Revenue, FY2017: 401.7M Net income, FY2017: 8.6M Revenue, FY2018: 435.8M Net income, FY2018: -9M Revenue, FY2019: 442.3M Net income, FY2019: 24.9M Revenue, FY2020: 426.1M Net income, FY2020: 24.5M Revenue, FY2021: 454.4M Net income, FY2021: 29.1M Revenue, FY2022: 470M Net income, FY2022: 20.8M Revenue, FY2023: 468.7M Net income, FY2023: 25.6M Revenue, FY2024: 473M Net income, FY2024: 25.7M Revenue, FY2025: 490M Net income, FY2025: 26.5M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $380.1M $401.7M $435.8M $442.3M $426.1M $454.4M $470.0M $468.7M $473.0M $490.0M
Gross profit — — — — — — — — — —
Net income $18.3M $8.6M -$9.0M $24.9M $24.5M $29.1M $20.8M $25.6M $25.7M $26.5M

Recent filings and events

  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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