El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

El Pollo Loco Holdings Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts that cover El Pollo Loco Holdings stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $13.5, which forecasts a -4.32% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $13 and the highest is $14.

Price Target: $13.5 (-4.32%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$13	$13.5	$13.5	$14
Change	-7.87%	-4.32%	-4.32%	-0.78%

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	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	1	1	1	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3	3	4	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jake Bartlett Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $12 → $13	Hold	Maintains	$12 → $13	-7.87%	Mar 13, 2026
Todd M. Brooks Benchmark	Benchmark	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $14	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$14	-0.78%	Mar 13, 2026
Matt Curtis DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Initiates n/a	Hold	Initiates	n/a	n/a	Mar 6, 2026
Jake Bartlett Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $11 → $12	Hold	Maintains	$11 → $12	-14.95%	Jan 8, 2026
Andy Barish Jefferies	Jefferies	Strong Buy Maintains $12 → $14	Strong Buy	Maintains	$12 → $14	-4.32%	Dec 15, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

506.99M

Increased by 3.46%

from 490.05M

Revenue Next Year

517.52M

Increased by 2.08%

from 506.99M

EPS This Year

0.97

Increased by 7.67%

from 0.90

EPS Next Year

1.06

Increased by 9.47%

from 0.97

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 29, 2021	Dec 28, 2022	Dec 27, 2023	Dec 25, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	454.36M	469.96M	468.66M	473.01M	490.05M	506.99M	517.52M
Revenue Growth	6.64%	3.43%	-0.28%	0.93%	3.60%	3.46%	2.08%
EPS	0.80	0.57	0.74	0.86	0.90	0.97	1.06
EPS Growth	17.65%	-28.75%	29.83%	16.22%	4.65%	7.67%	9.47%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	14.56	13.30
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	4

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	528.8M	532.7M
Avg	507.0M	517.5M
Low	483.9M	497.2M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	7.9%	5.1%
Avg	3.5%	2.1%
Low	-1.3%	-1.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	1.04	1.13
Avg	0.97	1.06
Low	0.88	0.98

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	15.5%	17.0%
Avg	7.7%	9.5%
Low	-2.0%	1.1%

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.