El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

LOCO - Financial Snapshot

Consumer Cyclical sector | Restaurants industry

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Metrics for LOCO

Price $14.15
Shares Outstanding 29.96M
All-Time Low $6.15
52-Week Low $8.29

Balance Statement Metrics

Net Cash / Share $0
cashValuePerShare = (Cash + Short Term Investments - Total Liabilities) / Shares Outstanding
⇒ cashValuePerShare = ((10,872,000 - 319,816,000) / 29,956,259) = -10.3132
Net Current Assets / Share $-9.73
netCurrentAssetsPerShare = (Current Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares Outstanding
⇒ netCurrentAssetsPerShare = ((28,453,000 - 319,816,000) / 29,956,259) = -9.7263
Net Tangible Assets / Share $0
netTangibleAssetsPerShare = (Total Assets - Intangibles - Total Liabilities) / Shares Outstanding
⇒ netTangibleAssetsPerShare = ((602,748,000 - 310,562,000 - 319,816,000) / 29,956,259) = -0.92
Shares Outstanding Ave Change (Annual) -6.58%
Shares Δ YoY -4.83%
Avg CA Burn (Annual %) -26.02% (as of 2-20-2026)
Avg CA Burn (Quarterly %) 5.78% (as of 2-20-2026)

Earning Metrics

Max Earning Power / Share $4.91
maxEarningPowerPerShare = (EBITDA / EP_MULTIPLIER) / Shares Outstanding
⇒ maxEarningPowerPerShare = ((15,431,000 / 0.105) / 29,956,259) = 4.9059
Adjusted Earning Power $2.34
adjustedEarningPower = (Net Income / EP_MULTIPLIER) / Shares Outstanding
⇒ adjustedEarningPower = ((7,358,000 / 0.105) / 29,956,259) = 2.3393
Non-Cash Charges to Market Cap 0.94%
nonCashChargeToMKTCAP = Non-Cash Charges / Market Capitalization
Avg EBITDA (5Y) 53.3M (as of 2-20-2026)
Avg EBITDA (5Q) 14.1M (as of 2-20-2026)
Avg Net Income (5Y) 25.3M (as of 2-20-2026)
Avg Net Income (5Q) 6.4M (as of 2-20-2026)
Data as of: Price 03-20-26 16:00 ET, Balance Sheet 2025-09-30, Income Statement 2025-09-30, Cash Flow 2025-09-30

Indicators

Dividend indicators Value Date
Current Dividend Streak No 2-20-2026
Consecutive Years Paid No 2-20-2026
Pays Dividend No 2-20-2026
Last Dividend Date 11-8-22
Income indicators Value Date
EBITDA Positive Yes 2-20-2026
Net Income Positive Yes 2-20-2026
Current Dividend Streak No 2-20-2026

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Tangible Book Value Per Share History

Formula: Tangible Book Value / shares from balance statements. Includes 5 quarterly + 4 annual.

Chart plots one TBV / Share point per report date (duplicate same-date annual/quarterly rows are merged).

Report Date Period TBV / Share Tangible Book Value Shares Used
2025-09-30 Quarterly $-0.92 -27.6M ($-27,630,000) 30M (29,999,694)
2025-06-30 Quarterly $-1.21 -36.4M ($-36,384,000) 30M (30,008,692)
2025-03-31 Quarterly $-1.49 -44.9M ($-44,861,000) 30.1M (30,057,287)
2024-12-31 Quarterly $-1.67 -49.9M ($-49,893,000) 29.8M (29,839,721)
2024-12-31 Annual $-1.67 -49.9M ($-49,893,000) 29.8M (29,839,721)
2024-09-30 Quarterly $-1.85 -55.4M ($-55,352,000) 30M (29,950,476)
2023-12-31 Annual $-1.91 -59.9M ($-59,866,000) 31.4M (31,353,223)
2022-12-31 Annual $-0.79 -29.4M ($-29,414,000) 37M (37,008,061)
2021-12-31 Annual $0.00 61K ($61,000) 36.6M (36,601,648)

Dividend Payments

Historical cash dividends per share from Yahoo ex-dividend dates.

Date Dividend / Share
2022-10-21 $1.5

Shares Outstanding Changes

Date Shares Outstanding Delta
2026-03-19 29,956,259 +1,324
2025-11-04 29,954,935 -40,518
2025-09-17 29,995,453 -47

Short Interest Changes

Latest short-interest change: 1,742,305 shares (7.05% of float) | Days to cover: 8.71

Date Short Interest Delta Δ %
2026-03-12 1,742,305 shares +36,090 +2.12%
2026-02-27 1,706,215 shares +70,851 +4.33%
2026-02-11 1,635,364 shares -189,768 -10.40%

Interesting Volume Days

Volume/ratio use shares outstanding as of the event date (frozen).

Date Volume Shares Outstanding Volume / Shares Price
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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. The company operates and franchises restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses its brand to restaurants in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.