El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.LOCO
Consumer Discretionary
$16.37▾ 3.65%
End-of-day close · 2026-08-06
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Trends, drivers and alerts — the full picture.

Profit → Cash
$1.93cash per $1 profit
Strong

It turns every reported profit-dollar into real cash, and then some.

Valuation
96th pctvs its own history
Rich

Its valuation sits in the richer end of its own recent range.

Revenue growth
+5.9%year over year
Healthy

Revenue is growing at a steady pace.

Leverage
Lowdebt to assets
Strong

Very low debt relative to its asset base.

More coming: dilution / share-count creep.

Fair value
Undervalued
Trading about 15% below our fair-value range
Balance-sheet caution

A cash-flow (DCF) estimate cross-checked against peer multiples.

✦ The read

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. turns 193¢ of every reported profit-dollar into real cash. Revenue is growing at a steady pace. Its valuation sits in the richer end of its own recent range. Very low debt relative to its asset base.

Key numbers
Valuation
EPS (TTM)$0.98
TTM (trailing 12 months, through fiscal Q1 FY2026)
Profitability
Net margin5.9%
TTM (trailing 12 months, through fiscal Q1 FY2026)
Size
Revenue (TTM)$497.05M
TTM (trailing 12 months, through fiscal Q1 FY2026)
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Signals and key numbers are from the fiscal Q1 FY2026 filing. Price freshness: end-of-day close on Free, 15-min delayed on Pro.