El Pollo Loco LOCO Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Operating margin | 8.6%-0.1pp | 8.7%+0.2pp | 8.5%+2.1pp | 6.4%-2.7pp | |
| Net margin | 5.4%0.0pp | 5.4%0.0pp | 5.5%+1.0pp | 4.4%-2.0pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 11.8%-0.2pp | 12%+0.3pp | 11.7%+2.3pp | 9.5%-3.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 5.2%-0.7pp | 5.9%+1.7pp | 4.1%+0.2pp | 4%-3.8pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 9.6%-0.4pp | 10%+0.4pp | 9.6%+2.6pp | 7%-2.9pp | |
| Return on assets | 4.4%+0.1pp | 4.3%0.0pp | 4.3%+0.9pp | 3.4%-1.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4%-0.4pp | 6.8%+0.2pp | 6.6%+1.9pp | 4.7%-1.8pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.2× | 0.5×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.2× | 0.5×-0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0×-0.1× | 0.1×-0.2× | 0.3×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2×-0.2× | 3.3×0.0× | 3.3×-0.4× | 3.7×+0.8× | |
| Interest coverage | 9.4×+2.4× | 7×-1.3× | 8.3×-9.7× | 18×-4.7× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $9.90+14.1% | $8.68+19.0% | $7.29-5.1% | $7.69-9.8% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $494.9M+47.0% | $345.5M+27.3% | $271.46M-26.4% | $369.01M-28.9% | |
| Enterprise value | $680.09M+30.5% | $535.2M+18.0% | $453.64M-15.3% | $535.51M-21.5% | |
| Price / earnings | 17×+3.6× | 13.5×+2.8× | 10.6×-7.1× | 17.7×-0.1× | |
| Price / sales | 1×+0.3× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.6×-0.2× | 0.8×-0.4× | |
| Price / book | 1.6×+0.4× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.1×-0.2× | 1.3×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 11×+1.8× | 9.4×+1.2× | 8.2×-3.8× | 12×-0.1× | |
| EV / sales | 1.4×+0.3× | 1.1×+0.2× | 1×-0.2× | 1.1×-0.4× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.4%-1.1pp | 8%+0.9pp | 7.1%+2.1pp | 5%-1.7pp | |
| Earnings yield | 5.9%-1.6pp | 7.4%-2.0pp | 9.4%+3.8pp | 5.6%0.0pp | |
| PEG ratio | 1.1×— | 26.4×+26.0× | 0.5×— | —— |
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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.
