El Pollo Loco LOCO Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 9.1%+0.6pp | 8.6%-0.1pp | 8.5%+0.1pp | 8.2%-0.9pp | 8.5%-0.4pp | |
| Net margin | 5.9%+0.6pp | 5.4%0.0pp | 5.4%+0.3pp | 5.2%-0.6pp | 5.3%-0.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 10.3%+0.6pp | 9.6%-0.4pp | 9.6%+0.3pp | 9.5%-0.9pp | 9.7%-0.2pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8%+0.2pp | 6.4%-0.4pp | 6.5%0.0pp | 6.5%-0.7pp | 6.6%-0.2pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3×-0.3× | 3.2×-0.2× | 3.2×-0.1× | 3.3×+0.2× | 3.3×+0.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $10.19+12.5% | $9.90+14.1% | $9.62+10.9% | $9.37+14.5% | $9.06+9.3% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $494.9M+47.0% | $313.33M-9.3% | $290.96M-29.8% | $331.48M-4.8% | $306.71M+2.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 17×+3.6× | 11.8×-1.6× | 11.2×-6.0× | 13.4×+0.6× | 12.1×+0.9× | |
| Price / sales | 1×+0.3× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×-0.3× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 1.6×+0.4× | 1.1×-0.2× | 1×-0.6× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.2×0.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 11×+1.8× | 8.6×-0.8× | 8.3×-2.4× | 9.3×+0.3× | 8.7×+0.3× |
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- Where do El Pollo Loco's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from El Pollo Loco's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
