El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

El Pollo Loco Holdings Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions USD. Fiscal year is January - December.

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Period Ending	Dec 1, 2025	Dec 25, 2024	Dec 27, 2023	Dec 28, 2022	Dec 29, 2021	Dec 30, 2020
Market Capitalization	326	354	298	369	512	664
Market Cap Growth	-16.45%	18.56%	-19.18%	-27.96%	-22.82%	26.42%
Enterprise Value	567	610	552	559	723	921
Last Close Price	10.88	11.81	9.05	9.96	12.13	15.77
PE Ratio	12.24	13.77	11.67	17.74	17.59	27.12
Forward PE	11.83	13.20	13.07	14.35	18.52	21.05
PS Ratio	0.66	0.75	0.64	0.79	1.13	1.56
PB Ratio	1.15	1.36	1.19	1.31	1.65	2.39
P/TBV Ratio	-	-	-	-	8397.04	-
P/FCF Ratio	15.17	12.77	15.41	19.81	14.61	19.60
P/OCF Ratio	8.19	7.56	7.33	9.57	9.83	16.37
PEG Ratio	-	1.01	1.01	1.44	1.85	2.11
EV/Sales Ratio	1.18	1.29	1.18	1.19	1.59	2.16
EV/EBITDA Ratio	9.67	10.66	10.80	12.64	12.06	16.37
EV/EBIT Ratio	13.22	14.70	15.38	18.75	16.15	23.39
EV/FCF Ratio	26.41	22.00	28.54	30.01	20.61	27.19
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.89	1.01	1.09	0.90	0.75	0.95
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	3.04	3.25	3.62	3.69	2.76	3.24
Debt / FCF Ratio	11.74	9.49	14.12	13.57	6.67	7.81
Asset Turnover	0.81	0.80	0.79	0.78	0.75	0.69
Inventory Turnover	209.48	191.99	172.43	162.29	160.75	162.77
Quick Ratio	0.34	0.17	0.24	0.46	0.58	0.39
Current Ratio	0.41	0.26	0.35	0.55	0.66	0.48
Return on Equity (ROE)	9.63%	10.04%	9.61%	7.03%	9.90%	9.36%
Return on Assets (ROA)	4.50%	4.38%	3.77%	3.08%	4.59%	4.00%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	5.09%	4.95%	4.24%	3.46%	5.15%	4.48%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	8.10%	8.00%	6.90%	5.60%	8.30%	7.30%
Earnings Yield	7.95%	7.26%	8.57%	5.64%	5.68%	3.69%
FCF Yield	6.59%	7.83%	6.49%	5.05%	6.84%	5.10%
Payout Ratio	-	-	-	267.17%	-	-
Buyback Yield / Dilution	4.24%	12.63%	6.02%	-0.35%	-1.82%	4.39%

Updated Sep 24, 2025. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.

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