LOCO - El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

8.27USD-0.19 (-2.25%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD8.27-0.19

Market Closed

-2.25%

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LOCO Valuation

Market Cap

258.7M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

10.12

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.55

EV/EBITDA

4.58

Price/Free Cashflow

13.37

LOCO Price/Sales (Trailing)

LOCO Profitability

EBT Margin

7.44%

Return on Equity

10.19%

Return on Assets

4.31%

Free Cashflow Yield

7.48%

LOCO Fundamentals

LOCO Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

468.7M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-3.17%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-6.77%

LOCO Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

25.6M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-33.43%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-52.86%

Breaking Down LOCO Revenue

Last 7 days

-8.5%

Last 30 days

-1.1%

Last 90 days

-8.3%

Trailing 12 Months

-10.1%

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LOCO Financial Health

Current Ratio

0.35

LOCO Investor Care

Dividend Yield

17.26%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

1.5

Buy Backs (1Y)

14.77%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

0.75

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	474.4M	471.8M	472.3M	468.7M
2022	456.7M	458.8M	463.0M	470.0M
2021	428.6M	451.0M	455.7M	454.4M
2020	438.5M	424.4M	423.3M	426.1M
2019	439.0M	441.2M	441.0M	442.3M
2018	407.7M	413.7M	424.8M	435.8M
2017	385.5M	393.6M	399.0M	401.7M
2016	359.0M	367.0M	374.0M	380.1M
2015	353.9M	356.4M	358.7M	355.1M
2014	319.2M	324.3M	331.1M	344.9M
2013	298.9M	304.2M	309.4M	314.7M
2012	0	0	0	293.6M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Nov 08, 2023	hollandsworth maria	sold (taxes)	-13,228	8.41	-1,573	coo & interim ceo
Nov 07, 2023	hollandsworth maria	acquired	-	-	23,641	coo & interim ceo
Nov 07, 2023	fils ira	acquired	-	-	18,322	chief financial officer
Aug 23, 2023	fils ira	sold (taxes)	-45,601	9.83	-4,639	chief financial officer
Aug 17, 2023	biglari, sardar	bought	201,600	10.08	20,000	-
Aug 16, 2023	biglari, sardar	bought	553,860	10.2	54,300	-
Aug 15, 2023	biglari, sardar	bought	465,226	10.18	45,700	-
Aug 08, 2023	roberts laurance	acquired	-	-	28,222	ceo & president
Aug 08, 2023	biglari, sardar	bought	1,157,280	10.84	106,760	-
Aug 07, 2023	biglari, sardar	bought	1,068,950	10.63	100,560	-

Which funds bought or sold LOCO recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 15, 2024	Sound Income Strategies, LLC	unchanged	-	133	1,412	-%
Apr 05, 2024	CWM, LLC	added	10.42	5,000	28,000	-%
Apr 05, 2024	GAMMA Investing LLC	sold off	-100	-287	-	-%
Mar 22, 2024	PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.	reduced	-46.81	-801	882	-%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	reduced	-17.77	-2,592,180	11,078,000	-%
Mar 01, 2024	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	added	86.38	667,767	1,465,870	-%
Feb 28, 2024	AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.	reduced	-2.07	-4,410	121,928	-%
Feb 26, 2024	TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY	sold off	-100	-53,000	-	-%
Feb 22, 2024	SIERRA SUMMIT ADVISORS LLC	new	-	301,592	301,592	0.09%
Feb 20, 2024	Quarry LP	reduced	-39.26	-13,325	19,871	-%

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Unveiling El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 14, 2024	biglari capital corp.	0.4%	120,000	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	dimensional fund advisors lp	7.5%	2,360,543	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	capitalspring finance company, llc	4.90%	1,541,862	SC 13G
Jan 26, 2024	blackrock inc.	7.9%	2,475,121	SC 13G/A
Dec 04, 2023	fs capital partners v, llc	4.81%	1,514,051	SC 13D/A
Aug 08, 2023	fs capital partners v, llc	9.1%	2,994,251	SC 13D/A
Aug 08, 2023	biglari capital corp.	11.3%	4e+06	SC 13G/A
Jul 28, 2023	biglari capital corp.	9.1%	3,277,064	SC 13G
Jun 08, 2023	blackrock inc.	11.4%	4,113,576	SC 13G/A
Apr 19, 2023	cibc employee private equity fund us i l p	4.57%	1,662,288	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 16, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 03, 2024	PRE 14A	PRE 14A
Mar 08, 2024	10-K	Annual Report
Mar 07, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Feb 14, 2024	SC 13G/A	Major Ownership Report
Feb 13, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Feb 09, 2024	SC 13G/A	Major Ownership Report
Feb 09, 2024	SC 13G	Major Ownership Report
Feb 02, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Jan 26, 2024	SC 13G/A	Major Ownership Report

Peers (Alternatives to El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc)

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LARGE-CAP
MCD	195.0B	25.5B	-3.06%	-7.17%	23.02	7.65	9.97%	37.09%
SBUX	97.6B	36.7B	-5.26%	-20.10%	22.74	2.66	11.46%	29.29%
CMG	79.6B	9.9B	4.69%	63.27%	64.8	8.07	14.33%	36.66%
DRI	18.3B	11.2B	-11.51%	0.77%	17.73	1.64	8.53%	9.08%
DPZ	16.8B	4.5B	8.86%	47.54%	32.32	3.75	-1.27%	14.78%
TXRH	10.0B	4.6B	-1.70%	37.41%	32.06	2.16	15.36%	13.07%
MID-CAP
SHAK	3.8B	1.1B	-9.44%	72.92%	184.45	3.5	20.77%	193.73%
BLMN	2.3B	4.7B	-5.58%	8.60%	9.47	0.5	5.77%	142.76%
PZZA	2.0B	2.1B	-15.07%	-21.26%	24.33	0.94	1.60%	21.14%
SMALL-CAP
CAKE	1.7B	3.4B	-6.12%	1.86%	16.89	0.5	4.13%	135.03%
JACK	1.2B	1.7B	-18.15%	-33.28%	9.9	0.7	0.14%	-10.41%
BJRI	741.9M	1.3B	-9.98%	10.86%	37.74	0.56	3.84%	382.34%
CHUY	525.6M	461.3M	-11.14%	-12.17%	16.68	1.14	9.26%	51.09%
ARKR	50.1M	184.8M	0.14%	-21.42%	-7.97	0.27	-1.23%	-171.42%
BDL	46.2M	177.7M	7.83%	-2.35%	13.26	0.26	9.28%	-56.52%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-6.8%	112	120	121	115	116	120	124	110	109	116	122	108	110	111	100	105	108	112	114	109	106
Costs and Expenses	-1.8%	105	107	111	107	106	113	114	107	101	101	109	102	102	99.00	92.00	99.00	102	102	93.00	107	137
S&GA Expenses	15.6%	11.00	9.00	11.00	11.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	9.00	11.00	10.00	6.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	11.00	12.00
EBITDA Margin	-2.5%	0.12*	0.12*	0.11*	0.10*	0.10*	0.09*	0.11*	0.12*	0.12*	0.12*	0.12*	0.12*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	4.8%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Income Taxes	-45.0%	2.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	1.00	2.00	4.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	6.00	0.00	-8.41
Earnings Before Taxes	-50.7%	6.00	12.00	10.00	7.00	9.00	7.00	10.00	3.00	8.00	14.00	12.00	6.00	7.00	12.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	9.00	20.00	1.00	-31.82
EBT Margin	-6.9%	0.07*	0.08*	0.07*	0.07*	0.06*	0.06*	0.08*	0.08*	0.09*	0.09*	0.08*	0.07*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-52.9%	4.00	9.00	7.00	5.00	7.00	5.00	7.00	2.00	6.00	10.00	9.00	4.00	5.00	10.00	5.00	4.00	3.00	6.00	14.00	1.00	-23.41
Net Income Margin	-7.2%	0.05*	0.06*	0.05*	0.05*	0.04*	0.04*	0.06*	0.06*	0.06*	0.06*	0.06*	0.06*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-53.9%	2.00	5.00	15.00	-2.16	10.00	6.00	9.00	-6.08	5.00	12.00	16.00	2.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	-0.1%	592	593	597	590	597	602	619	609	614	604	599	599	605	622	666	653	625	635	637	647	450
Current Assets	-13.7%	25.00	29.00	27.00	24.00	37.00	40.00	55.00	46.00	50.00	41.00	33.00	25.00	32.00	45.00	81.00	63.00	25.00	27.00	28.00	28.00	22.00
Cash Equivalents	-47.2%	7.00	14.00	10.00	5.00	20.00	19.00	34.00	25.00	30.00	25.00	13.00	7.00	13.00	30.00	60.00	43.00	8.00	12.00	11.00	7.00	7.00
Inventory	-6.3%	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Net PPE	2.2%	84.00	82.00	85.00	80.00	79.00	78.00	76.00	76.00	76.00	75.00	74.00	80.00	80.00	81.00	-	88.00	92.00	93.00	91.00	94.00	104
Goodwill	0%	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249	249
Liabilities	2.2%	342	334	320	310	316	273	296	294	303	300	307	316	328	351	409	405	379	395	374	383	185
Current Liabilities	4.3%	73.00	70.00	74.00	64.00	69.00	70.00	70.00	71.00	75.00	70.00	73.00	66.00	66.00	70.00	67.00	59.00	74.00	80.00	77.00	99.00	83.00
Shareholder's Equity	-3.1%	251	259	277	281	281	330	324	316	311	304	292	283	278	271	257	249	246	240	263	263	265
Retained Earnings	45.3%	14.00	10.00	0.00	-6.67	-11.59	-18.13	-23.14	-30.28	-32.39	-38.57	-48.73	-57.55	-61.51	-66.97	-76.89	-82.39	-85.99	-89.49	-95.89	-109	-110
Additional Paid-In Capital	-4.9%	236	249	276	287	292	347	346	345	343	343	341	341	340	339	334	331	331	329	358	373	376
Shares Outstanding	-4.9%	31.00	33.00	36.00	36.00	37.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	168	-	-	-	193	-	-	-	352	-	-	-	269	-	-	-	214	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-23.7%	8,179	10,713	17,977	3,819	16,642	10,087	14,125	-2,305	9,767	15,708	19,226	7,398	7,028	22,437	18,608	-7,526	4,240	19,036	2,882	9,977	3,841
Share Based Compensation	-46.8%	479	900	800	771	678	1,000	1,000	826	326	1,000	1,000	853	926	900	700	534	680	700	600	488	466
Cashflow From Investing	-505.9%	-6,035	1,487	-3,219	-5,680	-5,893	-4,191	-5,059	-3,772	-4,342	-3,871	985	-5,257	-2,341	-1,870	-847	-1,632	-4,591	-4,950	3,055	-4,183	-7,091
Cashflow From Financing	-1.2%	-8,671	-8,568	-9,364	-13,843	-9,531	-20,932	-206	1,482	-48.00	208	-14,256	-8,691	-20,997	-51,380	-823	44,492	-3,648	-13,298	-1,355	-6,064	2,077
Dividend Payments	-	-	-	-	-	13,894	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buy Backs	-55.1%	12,782	28,464	11,941	5,848	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	987	29,244	15,122	3,029	981

LOCO Income Statement

2023-12-27

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 27, 2023	Dec. 28, 2022	Dec. 29, 2021
Revenue
Total revenue	$ 468,664	$ 469,959	$ 454,363
Cost of operations
Food and paper cost	108,250	117,774	104,394
Labor and related expenses	127,244	130,773	120,308
Occupancy and other operating expenses	101,398	101,543	97,557
Gain on recovery of insurance proceeds, lost profits, net	(327)
Company restaurant expenses	336,565	350,090	322,259
General and administrative expenses	42,025	39,093	39,852
Franchise expenses	38,404	36,169	32,831
Depreciation and amortization	15,235	14,418	15,176
Loss on disposal of assets	192	165	289
Gain on recovery of insurance proceeds, property, equipment and expenses	(247)
(Gain) loss on disposition of restaurants	(5,034)	(848)	1,534
Impairment and closed-store reserves	1,732	752	1,087
Total expenses	428,872	439,839	413,028
Income from operations	39,792	30,120	41,335
Interest expense, net	4,811	1,677	1,824
Income tax receivable agreement expense (income)	103	(436)	58
Income before provision for income taxes	34,878	28,879	39,453
Provision for income taxes	9,324	8,078	10,332
Net income	$ 25,554	$ 20,801	$ 29,121
Net income per share
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.75	$ 0.57	$ 0.81
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.74	$ 0.57	$ 0.80
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share
Basic (shares)	34,253,542	36,350,579	35,973,892
Diluted (shares)	34,374,706	36,575,904	36,446,756
Company-operated restaurant revenue
Revenue
Total revenue	$ 398,437	$ 403,218	$ 394,733
Franchise revenue
Revenue
Total revenue	41,002	38,225	33,729
Franchise advertising fee revenue
Revenue
Total revenue	$ 29,225	$ 28,516	$ 25,901

LOCO Balance Sheet

2023-12-27

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 27, 2023	Dec. 28, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 7,288	$ 20,493
Accounts and other receivables, net	10,148	10,084
Inventories	1,911	2,442
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	5,634	3,662
Income tax receivable	153	768
Total current assets	25,134	37,449
Property and equipment, net	84,027	78,644
Property and equipment held under finance lease, net	1,528	1,532
Property and equipment held under operating leases, net ("ROU asset")	168,007	165,584
Goodwill	248,674	248,674
Trademarks	61,888	61,888
Deferred tax assets	0	512
Other assets	3,043	2,935
Total assets	592,301	597,218
Current liabilities:
Current portion of obligations under finance leases	140	110
Current portion of obligations under operating leases	19,490	19,995
Accounts payable	12,541	12,741
Accrued salaries and vacation	9,332	8,873
Accrued insurance	11,831	11,120
Accrued income taxes payable	70	0
Accrued interest	394	291
Current portion of income tax receivable agreement payable	422	263
Other accrued expenses and current liabilities	18,361	15,120
Total current liabilities	72,581	68,513
Revolver loan	84,000	66,000
Obligations under finance leases, net of current portion	1,617	1,626
Obligations under operating leases, net of current portion	168,084	165,149
Deferred taxes	8,878	8,517
Income tax receivable agreement payable, net of current portion	0	409
Other noncurrent liabilities	6,445	5,856
Total liabilities	341,605	316,070
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 100,000 shares designated as Series A Preferred Stock; none issued or outstanding	0	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 31,353,223 and 37,008,061 shares issued and outstanding as of December 27, 2023 and December 28, 2022, respectively	313	370
Additional paid-in-capital	236,421	292,244
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	13,962	(11,592)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	0	126
Total stockholders' equity	250,696	281,148
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 592,301	$ 597,218

About El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

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. It operates franchised restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, 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.

CEO	Mr. Laurance Roberts
WEBSITE	elpolloloco.com
INDUSTRY	Restaurants
EMPLOYEES	4931

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The fair value guage provides a quick view whether LOCO is over valued or under valued. Whether El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for LOCO.

What is El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Wed Apr 17 2024, LOCO's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 10.12 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.55. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. LOCO PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.