El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

NASDAQ: LOCO · Real-Time Price · USD

16.32

+0.58 (3.68%)

At close: Oct 15, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

16.00

-0.32 (-1.96%)

After-hours: Oct 15, 2026, 4:56 PM EDT

El Pollo Loco Holdings Ratios and Metrics

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

Millions USD. Fiscal year is Jan - Dec.

Total Valuation

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct '26 Oct 15, 2026	Dec '25 Dec 31, 2025	Dec '24 Dec 25, 2024	Dec '23 Dec 27, 2023	Dec '22 Dec 28, 2022	Dec '21 Dec 29, 2021
Market Capitalization	497	313	354	298	369	512
Market Cap Growth	75.01%	-11.39%	18.56%	-19.18%	-27.96%	-22.82%
Enterprise Value	703	555	610	552	559	723
Last Close Price	15.74	10.46	11.81	9.05	9.96	12.13

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct '26 Oct 15, 2026	Dec '25 Dec 31, 2025	Dec '24 Dec 25, 2024	Dec '23 Dec 27, 2023	Dec '22 Dec 28, 2022	Dec '21 Dec 29, 2021
PE Ratio	13.93	11.83	13.77	11.67	17.74	17.59
Forward PE	16.03	11.81	13.20	13.07	14.35	18.52
PS Ratio	1.00	0.64	0.75	0.64	0.79	1.13
PB Ratio	1.51	1.08	1.36	1.19	1.31	1.65
P/TBV Ratio	76.96	-	-	-	-	8397.04
P/FCF Ratio	12.16	12.32	12.77	15.41	19.81	14.61
P/OCF Ratio	6.75	6.52	7.56	7.33	9.57	9.83
PEG Ratio	-	0.44	1.01	1.01	1.44	1.85

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct '26 Oct 15, 2026	Dec '25 Dec 31, 2025	Dec '24 Dec 25, 2024	Dec '23 Dec 27, 2023	Dec '22 Dec 28, 2022	Dec '21 Dec 29, 2021
EV/Sales Ratio	1.41	1.13	1.29	1.18	1.19	1.59
EV/EBITDA Ratio	10.69	9.00	10.44	10.80	12.64	12.06
EV/EBIT Ratio	14.30	12.15	14.28	15.38	18.75	16.15
EV/FCF Ratio	17.19	21.81	22.00	28.54	30.01	20.61

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct '26 Oct 15, 2026	Dec '25 Dec 31, 2025	Dec '24 Dec 25, 2024	Dec '23 Dec 27, 2023	Dec '22 Dec 28, 2022	Dec '21 Dec 29, 2021
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.69	0.83	1.01	1.09	0.90	0.75
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	2.41	2.79	3.21	3.63	3.69	2.76
Debt / FCF Ratio	5.35	9.47	9.49	14.12	13.57	6.67
Net Debt / Equity Ratio	0.65	0.81	1.00	1.06	0.83	0.66
Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio	3.13	3.81	4.46	5.20	5.25	3.40
Net Debt / FCF Ratio	5.03	9.23	9.41	13.75	12.47	5.81
Asset Turnover	0.82	0.82	0.80	0.79	0.78	0.75
Inventory Turnover	222.55	203.57	191.99	172.43	162.29	160.75
Quick Ratio	0.32	0.22	0.17	0.24	0.46	0.58
Current Ratio	0.41	0.32	0.26	0.35	0.55	0.66
Return on Equity (ROE)	11.79%	9.60%	10.04%	9.61%	7.03%	9.90%
Return on Assets (ROA)	5.07%	4.76%	4.50%	3.77%	3.08%	4.59%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	6.63%	6.15%	5.99%	5.09%	4.24%	6.32%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	9.20%	8.70%	8.30%	6.90%	5.60%	8.30%

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct '26 Oct 15, 2026	Dec '25 Dec 31, 2025	Dec '24 Dec 25, 2024	Dec '23 Dec 27, 2023	Dec '22 Dec 28, 2022	Dec '21 Dec 29, 2021
Earnings Yield	6.99%	8.45%	7.26%	8.57%	5.64%	5.68%
FCF Yield	8.22%	8.12%	7.83%	6.49%	5.05%	6.84%
Payout Ratio	-	-	-	-	267.17%	-
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-1.09%	2.12%	12.63%	6.02%	-0.35%	-1.82%

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q