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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · Small-cap · updated October 16, 2026

NOT A BUY TODAY
What this means. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. is an average business by our measures, its shares look fairly priced, and its share price has been doing well.
Value59
Quality50
Price trend80
Overall60
401 of 2764rank among the US stocks we score (our core model buys the top 15)
85%of US stocks we score rank below it

Scores are 0 to 100 against every US stock we track; 50 is average. Recomputed after every US market close.

The business in numbers

Fiscal year to December 2025, from the company's annual filing with the SEC.

Salesyearly sales$490.0M
Sales growthchange from the year before+3.6%
Operating marginshare of sales left after running the business8.6%
Net marginshare of sales kept as profit5.4%
Free-cash-flow marginspare cash generated per $100 of sales5.2%
Return on invested capitalprofit made on each $100 put into the business9.7%
Return on equityprofit vs. shareholders' accounting value9.1%
Debt / equitydebt vs. shareholders' accounting value0.18
Change in share countnegative = the company is buying back its shares-2.1%

Insider trades, last 90 days

1 insider sold $1.8M on the open market.

Biglari, Sardar; Biglari Capital Corp.; Lion Fund Ii, L.P.; Biglari Holdings Inc.; Biglari Reinsurance Ltd.; Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% owner; OtherSoldAug 580,000 shat $16.90 · $1.4M
Biglari, Sardar; Biglari Capital Corp.; Lion Fund Ii, L.P.; Biglari Holdings Inc.; Biglari Reinsurance Ltd.; Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% owner; OtherSoldAug 320,000 shat $16.73 · $335K
Biglari, Sardar; Biglari Capital Corp.; Lion Fund Ii, L.P.; Biglari Holdings Inc.; Biglari Reinsurance Ltd.; Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% owner; OtherSoldJul 30546 shat $16.70 · $9K

From Form 4 filings with the SEC. Open-market trades only. "Plan" = a sale set up in advance under a 10b5-1 plan, usually routine.

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