El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
LOCO Nasdaq· Retail-Eating Places
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$14.42
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. had $490M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +2.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 8.6%, down 0.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 9 is left after running the business.
- El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. made $26.5M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 7.5% a year.
- Free cash flow was $25.4M in fiscal 2025, 5.2% of revenue.
- El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. returned $1.8M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 7% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.1%.
- El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. owes $46.4M more than it holds in cash, about 0.8 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$434M
P/E
12.3x
Revenue
$490M
Net income
$26.5M
Free cash flow
$25.4M
Operating margin
8.6%
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+3.6%
Only a little. Sales grew 3.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
5.4%
A little. It keeps 5.4% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
5.2%
Partly. 5.2% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
0.8x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.8 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
8 / 8
Solid. It passes 8 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
12.3x
One share costs 12.3 times its yearly profit per share.
What El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 13, 2026
- Legal name
- El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001606366
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. · LOCO
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $454M | $470M | $469M | $473M | $490M |
| Revenue growth | 6.6% | 3.4% | −0.3% | 0.9% | 3.6% |
| Net interest income | −$1.1M | −$0.1M | $0.2M | — | — |
| Operating margin | 9.1% | 6.4% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 8.6% |
| Net income | $29.1M | $20.8M | $25.6M | $25.7M | $26.5M |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 4.4% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.80 | $0.57 | $0.74 | $0.86 | $0.90 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $52.1M | $38.5M | $40.7M | $46.8M | $48.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $17.0M | $19.9M | $21.3M | $19.1M | $22.6M |
| Free cash flow | $35.1M | $18.6M | $19.4M | $27.7M | $25.4M |
| FCF margin | 7.7% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Dividends paid | — | $55.6M | — | — | — |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | — | $59.2M | $20.6M | $1.8M |
| Share count change | 1.8% | 0.4% | −6.0% | −12.6% | −2.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $30.0M | $20.5M | $7.3M | $2.5M | $6.2M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $41.9M | $67.7M | $85.8M | $72.8M | $52.6M |
| Shareholders' equity | $311M | $281M | $251M | $261M | $291M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.2x | 1.1x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 0.8x |
| Current ratio | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.3x |
| Interest coverage | 22.7x | 18.0x | 8.3x | 7.0x | 9.4x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 9.5% | 6.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | 7.0% | 9.6% | 10.0% | 9.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | 47.0% | 64.1% | 1,263.8% | 214.1% | 62.5% |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$9.2M
5 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $14.42 a share, the company is worth $434M: 12.3 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001606366). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.