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El Pollo Loco LOCO Ratios & Valuation

Income StatementBalance SheetCash FlowRatiosSegments
QuarterlyAnnualTTM
YoYQoQ
SimplifiedDetailed
TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin9.1%+0.6pp8.6%-0.1pp8.5%+0.1pp8.2%-0.9pp8.5%-0.4pp
Net margin5.9%+0.6pp5.4%0.0pp5.4%+0.3pp5.2%-0.6pp5.3%-0.3pp
EBITDA margin12.4%+0.6pp11.8%-0.2pp11.8%0.0pp11.5%-1.0pp11.8%-0.3pp
Free cash flow margin5.4%+0.8pp5.2%-0.7pp4.5%-1.6pp4.3%-0.8pp4.6%-1.4pp
Returns
Return on equity10.3%+0.6pp9.6%-0.4pp9.6%+0.3pp9.5%-0.9pp9.7%-0.2pp
Return on assets4.9%+0.6pp4.4%+0.1pp4.3%+0.3pp4.2%-0.4pp4.2%-0.2pp
Return on invested capital6.8%+0.2pp6.4%-0.4pp6.5%0.0pp6.5%-0.7pp6.6%-0.2pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.8×0.0×0.8×0.0×0.8×0.0×0.8×0.0×0.8×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.3×0.0×0.3×+0.1×0.4×+0.1×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Quick ratio0.3×0.0×0.3×+0.1×0.4×+0.1×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.2×+0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.6×-0.1×0.7×-0.1×0.7×-0.1×0.7×-0.1×0.7×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA3×-0.3×3.2×-0.2×3.2×-0.1×3.3×+0.2×3.3×+0.1×
Interest coverage11.3×+3.9×9.4×+2.4×8.5×+2.0×7.6×+0.3×7.3×-0.4×
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%
Enterprise value$680.09M+30.5%$497.25M-7.1%$471.58M-20.7%$511.98M-2.6%$491.11M+1.9%
Price / earnings17×+3.6×11.8×-1.6×11.2×-6.0×13.4×+0.6×12.1×+0.9×
Price / sales1×+0.3×0.6×-0.1×0.6×-0.3×0.7×0.0×0.6×0.0×
Price / book1.6×+0.4×1.1×-0.2×1×-0.6×1.2×-0.2×1.2×0.0×
EV / EBITDA11×+1.8×8.6×-0.8×8.3×-2.4×9.3×+0.3×8.7×+0.3×
EV / sales1.4×+0.3×1×-0.1×1×-0.3×1.1×0.0×1×0.0×
Free cash flow yield5.4%-1.1pp8.1%+0.1pp7.4%+0.5pp6.2%-0.7pp7.2%-2.3pp
Earnings yield5.9%-1.6pp8.5%+1.0pp8.9%+3.1pp7.5%-0.3pp8.2%-0.6pp

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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.