NASDAQ · LOCO

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

$16.40 +$0.47 (+2.95%) 1D Market open

Key Metrics

$485.15M
Market cap
16.64×
P/E · TTM
Revenue · TTM
$29.16M
Net income
EPS · TTM $0.99
Dividend yield
Free cash flow $26.86M
Beta · 1Y 0.63
EBITDA · TTM $57.66M
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 28
    Money has been moving out of its sector (Consumer Discretionary).

    Consumer Discretionary has run -4.6 points vs SPY over four weeks, ranking 5→10→11→2 of 11 sectors — this stock trades inside that current.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION MAP, LIVE ↗
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 20.3 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Mar 13
    The stock moved +16.9% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Mar 13

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$485.15M
Enterprise value$525.25M
Shares outstanding30.5M
52-wk range$8.99 – $17.40
Avg volume · 20D263.3K
Net cash −$40.10M
Book value / share$10.31
IndustryRetail-Eating Places
ExchangeNASDAQ
About El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
IPO dateJul 25, 2014
Employees4034

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc operates and franchises hundreds of fast-casual chicken restaurants in the United States. It specializes in fire-grilling citrus-marinated chicken and operates in the limited service restaurant market segment.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

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Valuation

P/E16.64
P/S
P/FCF18.07
EV/EBITDA9.11
EV/Sales
Graham №$15.19

Profitability

Gross
Operating
Net
FCF
ROE / ROIC 10.4% · 8.5%

Financial Health

Current ratio0.34
Quick ratio0.32
Debt / equity0.15
Debt / EBITDA 0.76Low leverage
Net cash −$40.10M
Working capital−$49.72M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $56.35M
Capex −$29.49M
Free cash flow $26.86M
Buybacks $1.84M
Dividends paid
Shareholder yield 0.4%

Piotroski F-Score

6 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 6 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

Insufficient balance-sheet inputs

Graham Number vs Price

$15.19 vs $16.19
Trades 1.1× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-04-01 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings