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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. As of May 04, 2022, the company operated 480 restaurants comprising 189 company-operated and 291 franchised restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses one restaurant 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.

Track Record

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Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Revenue	490.05M	473.01M	468.66M	469.96M	454.36M	426.09M	442.33M	435.83M	401.70M	380.12M	355.06M	344.86M
Net Income	26.49M	25.68M	25.55M	20.80M	29.12M	24.47M	24.90M	(8.99M)	8.62M	18.34M	24.05M	42.46M
EPS	0.91	0.86	0.75	0.57	0.81	0.70	0.68	-0.23	0.22	0.48	0.63	1.32
Free Cash Flow	25.44M	27.70M	19.36M	18.63M	35.06M	33.86M	20.70M	17.64M	17.43M	11.89M	N/A	N/A
FCF / Share	0.87	0.93	0.57	0.51	0.97	0.96	0.56	0.46	0.45	0.31	N/A	N/A
Operating CF	48.08M	46.78M	40.69M	38.55M	52.10M	40.55M	36.13M	45.44M	53.67M	49.30M	N/A	N/A
Total Assets	606.65M	592.01M	592.30M	597.22M	613.79M	605.22M	624.75M	450.23M	442.71M	471.31M	N/A	N/A
Total Debt	239.57M	263.02M	273.33M	252.88M	233.47M	263.13M	311.01M	74.18M	93.32M	104.46M	N/A	N/A
Cash & Equiv	6.23M	2.48M	7.29M	20.49M	30.05M	13.22M	8.07M	6.97M	8.55M	2.17M	N/A	N/A
Book Value	291.08M	260.67M	250.70M	281.15M	310.62M	277.58M	245.57M	265.24M	274.95M	265.18M	N/A	N/A
Return on Equity	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.10	-0.03	0.03	0.07	N/A	N/A

Metric	Q1 2026	Q4 2025	Q3 2025	Q2 2025	Q1 2025	Q4 2024	Q3 2024	Q2 2024	Q1 2024	Q4 2023	Q3 2023	Q2 2023
Revenue	126.18M	123.52M	121.52M	125.83M	119.18M	114.28M	120.39M	122.18M	116.15M	112.25M	120.40M	121.49M
Net Income	8.16M	6.54M	7.36M	7.11M	5.48M	5.95M	6.19M	7.63M	5.91M	4.35M	9.23M	7.06M
EPS	0.28	0.22	0.25	0.24	0.19	0.20	0.21	0.25	0.19	0.14	0.28	0.20
Free Cash Flow	2.76M	5.09M	9.91M	9.10M	1.35M	1.13M	9.14M	10.43M	7.00M	2.14M	4.65M	14.72M
FCF / Share	0.09	0.17	0.34	0.31	0.05	0.04	0.31	0.34	0.23	0.07	0.14	0.42
Operating CF	13.01M	13.91M	15.29M	14.14M	4.74M	5.63M	13.03M	16.95M	11.16M	8.18M	10.71M	17.98M
Total Assets	609.12M	606.65M	602.75M	596.78M	590.45M	592.01M	589.97M	593.85M	598.02M	654.19M	593.03M	597.16M
Total Debt	232.97M	239.57M	252.34M	258.32M	261.54M	263.02M	263.82M	275.06M	271.13M	273.33M	267.94M	250.89M
Cash & Equiv	3.90M	6.23M	10.87M	8.99M	4.32M	2.48M	7.89M	10.46M	9.12M	7.29M	13.81M	10.18M
Book Value	302.50M	291.08M	282.93M	274.18M	265.70M	260.67M	255.21M	248.58M	256.29M	250.70M	258.67M	276.96M
Return on Equity	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.03