El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc
NASDAQ:LOCO

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El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc
NASDAQ:LOCO
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Price: 10.72 USD -0.46% Market Closed
Market Cap: 321.1m USD

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc
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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. engages in the development, franchising, licensing, and operation of quick-service restaurants under the name El Pollo Loco. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California and currently employs 4,626 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2014-07-25. The firm's menu features its signature product, citrus-marinated fire-grilled chicken, as well as a variety of Mexican, and Los Angeles (LA)-inspired entrees that it creates from its chicken. The company serves individual and family-sized chicken meals, a variety of Mexican and LA-inspired entrees and sides, as well as proteins like shrimp. Its entrees include Chicken Avocado Burrito, Pollo Fit entrees, chicken tostada salads, and Pollo Bowls. Its Creamy Cilantro dressings and salsas are prepared fresh daily, allowing its customers to create their favorite flavor profiles to enhance their culinary experience. The firm operates approximately 480 restaurants, which consists of approximately 189 Company-operated and 291 franchised restaurants. Its restaurants are located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Louisiana.

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Last Earnings Call
Fiscal Period
Q3 2025
Call Date
Oct 30, 2025
AI Summary
Q3 2025

Revenue: El Pollo Loco reported Q3 revenue of $121.5 million, slightly up from $120.4 million last year.

Margins: Restaurant-level operating margins improved by 160 basis points to 18.3%, with further gains expected in 2026.

Traffic: Positive system-wide traffic growth of 1.6% in Q3, and continued strength in transactions into Q4.

Menu Innovation: New menu items like quesadilla combos and burrito bowls drove value-focused traffic, with more innovations and portable options in the pipeline for 2026.

Digital Growth: Digital business, including kiosks, rose to 27% of system sales from 20% last year; loyalty transactions up 28% year-over-year.

Unit Growth: Company opened its 500th restaurant and expects at least 10 new locations in 2025, with an accelerated pace planned for 2026.

Guidance: Q4 and full-year 2025 margin guidance reaffirmed, with strong October sales trends noted despite broader industry softness.

Key Financials
Revenue
$121.5 million
Company-operated Restaurant Revenue
$100.7 million
Franchise Revenue
$12.9 million
Comparable Restaurant Sales (Company-operated)
-1.1%
Comparable Restaurant Sales (Franchise)
-0.6%
System-wide Comparable Store Sales Q4 TD (through Oct 22, 2025)
up 2.2%
System-wide Comparable Store Sales (Company-operated, Q4 TD)
up 1.5%
System-wide Comparable Store Sales (Franchise, Q4 TD)
up 2.5%
Restaurant Contribution Margin
18.3%
Food and Paper Costs as % of Company Restaurant Sales
24.7%
Labor and Related Expenses as % of Company Restaurant Sales
30.4%
Occupancy and Other Operating Expenses as % of Company Restaurant Sales
26.5%
General and Administrative Expenses
$12.3 million
Net Income
$7.4 million
EPS (Diluted)
$0.25
Effective Tax Rate
28.8%
Debt Outstanding (as of Sep 24, 2025)
$61 million
Debt Outstanding (as of Oct 30, 2025)
$55 million
Cash and Cash Equivalents (as of Sep 24, 2025)
$10.9 million
Digital Business as % of System Sales
27%
Loyalty Transactions
up 28% YoY
Third-party Delivery/App/Web/Marketplace Sales as % of Business
15.1%
Remodels Completed YTD
34
New Restaurant Openings (2025 Guidance)
At least 10
Earnings Call Recording
Other Earnings Calls

Management

Ms. Maria Hollandsworth
President & COO
No Bio Available
Mr. Ira M. Fils
Chief Financial Officer
No Bio Available
Ms. Elizabeth Goodwin Williams
CEO & Director
No Bio Available
Mr. Clark Matthews
Chief Information Officer
No Bio Available
Ms. Anne E. Jollay
EVP, Chief People and Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
No Bio Available
Ms. Jill Adams
Chief Marketing Officer
No Bio Available
Mr. Tim Welsh
Chief Development Officer
No Bio Available

Contacts

Address
CALIFORNIA
Costa Mesa
3535 Harbor Blvd Ste 100
Contacts
+17145995000.0
www.elpolloloco.com