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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

LOCONasdaq

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$490.0M$473.0M$468.7M$470.0M$454.4M$426.1M
Operating income$42.0M$41.2M$39.8M$30.1M$41.3M$33.6M
Net income$26.5M$25.7M$25.6M$20.8M$29.1M$24.5M
Total assets$606.6M$592.0M$592.3M$597.2M$613.8M$605.2M
Total liabilities$315.6M$331.3M$341.6M$316.1M$303.2M$327.6M
Equity$291.1M$260.7M$250.7M$281.1M$310.6M$277.6M
EPS (diluted)$0.90$0.86$0.74$0.57$0.80$0.68
Shares out.29.8M31.3M36.7M36.7M36.5M35.1M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
8.6%
Net margin
5.4%
Return on equity
9.1%
Return on assets
4.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
8.0%
Liabilities / assets
52.0%
Debt / equity
1.08×
Book value / share
$9.78
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.6%
Net income growth (YoY)
3.1%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
1.09distress
Accruals / assets
−3.6%clean
Piotroski F-Score
8/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
83
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 severe● 4 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20261.8M4.6+33.1%
Apr 30, 20261.4M5.6-16.7%
Apr 15, 20261.6M6.6-6.6%
Mar 31, 20261.7M3.5-13.3%
Mar 13, 20262.0M5.0+15.1%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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