LOCO
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical · United States
15.37
close · 2026-10-29
value
81
cheaper than peers81
quality
71
stronger fundamentals71
ranked against
Restaurants
value
quality
38 peerswide variation
Value inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| forward P/E | 13.89× | 81 |
| EV to EBITDA | 11.12× | 81 |
| price to book | 1.48× | 69 |
| price to sales | 0.93× | 60 |
4 of 12 measures available
Quality inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| debt to equity | 77.0% | 70 |
| return on equity | 10.3% | 61 |
| operating margin | 9.8% | 59 |
| revenue growth | 5.9% | 57 |
4 of 4 measures available
Facts
| market cap | $468M |
| free cash flow | $25.0M |
| employees | 4,034 |
| first trade | 2014-07-25 |
| next earnings | 2026-11-05 |
| fundamentals updated | 2026-08-07 |
Annual history
| measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| diluted eps | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.74 | 0.57 |
| free cash flow | $25.4M | $27.7M | $19.4M | $18.6M |
| net income | $26.5M | $25.7M | $25.6M | $20.8M |
| revenue | $490.0M | $473.0M | $468.7M | $470.0M |
| unusual items | -$288,000 | -$362,000 | $3.4M | -$69,000 |