NASDAQ: LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings Inc Stock
$10.63-0.11 (-1.02%)
Updated Aug 29, 2025
LOCO Price
$10.63
Fair Value Price
$13.11
Market Cap
$318.85M
52 Week Low
$8.29
52 Week High
$13.99
P/E
12.65x
P/B
1.16x
P/S
0.66x
PEG
2.46x
Dividend Yield
N/A
Revenue
$479.69M
Earnings
$24.73M
Gross Margin
31%
Operating Margin
8.23%
Profit Margin
5.2%
Debt to Equity
1.18
Operating Cash Flow
$38M
Beta
0.79
Next Earnings
Oct 30, 2025
Ex-Dividend
N/A
Next Dividend
N/A
LOCO Overview
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. As of May 04, 2022, the company operated 480 restaurants comprising 189 company-operated and 291 franchised restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses one restaurant in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.
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Industry: Restaurant
Industry Rating
D
LOCO
Ranked#14 of 44
Ranked#14 of 44
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LOCO ($10.63) is undervalued by 18.92% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $13.11 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, but does not have a significant margin of safety
Below Fair Value Valuation
LOCO ($10.63) is not significantly undervalued (18.92%) relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $13.11 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, when including a healthy margin of safety
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Valuation
LOCO fair value
Fair Value of LOCO stock based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
Price
$10.63
Fair Value
$13.11
Undervalued by
18.92%
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LOCO price to earnings (PE)
For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings
Company
12.65x
Industry
34.42x
Market
35.25x
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P/E vs Market Valuation
LOCO price to book (PB)
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Company
1.16x
Industry
68.09x
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LOCO price to earnings growth (PEG)
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LOCO's financial health
Profit margin
Revenue
$125.8M
Net Income
$7.1M
Profit Margin
5.6%
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Interest Coverage Financials
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Profit Margin Growth Financials
Assets to liabilities
Assets
$596.8M
Liabilities
$322.6M
Debt to equity
1.18
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Short-term Liabilities Financials
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Long-term Liabilities Financials
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Shrinking Debt Financials
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Healthy Debt to Equity Financials
Cash flow
Operating
$14.1M
Investing
-$5.0M
Financing
-$4.4M
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Debt Coverage Financials
LOCO vs Restaurant Stocks
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