El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

El Pollo Loco Holdings Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for El Pollo Loco Holdings stock has a target of 18, which predicts a 69.33% increase from the current stock price of 10.63.

Price Target: $18 (+69.33%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$18	$18	$18	$18
Change	+69.33%	+69.33%	+69.33%	+69.33%

* Price targets were last updated on Mar 11, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for El Pollo Loco Holdings stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3	3	3	3	2

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jeremy Hamblin Craig-Hallum	Craig-Hallum	Strong Buy Initiates $18	Strong Buy	Initiates	$18	+69.33%	Mar 11, 2025
Todd Brooks Benchmark	Benchmark	Hold Reiterates n/a	Hold	Reiterates	n/a	n/a	Mar 10, 2025
Jake Bartlett Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $12 → $13	Hold	Maintains	$12 → $13	+22.30%	Aug 2, 2024
Todd Brooks Benchmark	Benchmark	Hold Reiterates n/a	Hold	Reiterates	n/a	n/a	May 23, 2024
Jake Bartlett Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $10 → $12	Hold	Maintains	$10 → $12	+12.89%	May 3, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

502.78M

Increased by 6.29%

from 473.01M

Revenue Next Year

510.64M

Increased by 1.56%

from 502.78M

EPS This Year

0.90

Increased by 4.85%

from 0.86

EPS Next Year

0.95

Increased by 5.66%

from 0.90

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 30, 2020	Dec 29, 2021	Dec 28, 2022	Dec 27, 2023	Dec 25, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	426.09M	454.36M	469.96M	468.66M	473.01M	502.78M	510.64M
Revenue Growth	-3.67%	6.64%	3.43%	-0.28%	0.93%	6.29%	1.56%
EPS	0.68	0.80	0.57	0.74	0.86	0.90	0.95
EPS Growth	1.49%	17.65%	-28.75%	29.83%	16.22%	4.85%	5.66%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.79	11.16
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	523.3M	534.0M
Avg	502.8M	510.6M
Low	477.3M	486.0M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	10.6%	6.2%
Avg	6.3%	1.6%
Low	0.9%	-3.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	0.98	1.08
Avg	0.90	0.95
Low	0.79	0.84

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	13.5%	19.9%
Avg	4.8%	5.7%
Low	-7.7%	-6.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.