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Company Information

Company Name
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Restaurants
Exchange
NASDAQ
ISIN: US2686031079
CIK: 0001606366
CUSIP: 268603107
Currency: USD
Full Time Employees: 4,034
Phone: 714 599 5000
Fiscal Year End: December
IPO Date: Jul 25, 2014
Description:

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.

Address:

575 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA, United States, 92626

Directors & Officers

Name Title Year Born
Ms. Elizabeth Goodwin Williams CEO & Director 1976
Mr. Ira M. Fils Chief Financial Officer 1965
Mr. Clark Matthews Chief Information Officer NA
Mr. Jason Weintraub Chief Legal & People Officer NA
Ms. Jill Adams Chief Marketing Officer NA
Mr. Tim Welsh Chief Development Officer NA

Insider Trading

Date Insider Name Title Transaction Type Shares Price Value
Aug 21, 2024 Sardar Biglari N/A Purchase 43.16K $13.59 $586.56K
Aug 19, 2024 Sardar Biglari N/A Purchase 62.33K $13.46 $838.95K
Aug 16, 2024 Sardar Biglari N/A Purchase 21.33K $13.13 $280.00K
Aug 14, 2024 Sardar Biglari N/A Purchase 62.36K $12.47 $777.65K
Aug 08, 2024 Mark Buller N/A Sale 10.50K $11.76 $123.48K
May 15, 2024 Samuel N Borgese N/A Sale 1.14K $11.01 $12.55K
May 13, 2024 Samuel N Borgese N/A Sale 1.90K $10.96 $20.80K
May 08, 2024 Samuel N Borgese N/A Sale 1.00K $10.19 $10.19K
Aug 07, 2023 John M Roth N/A Sale 2.50M $10.63 $26.58M
Aug 07, 2023 Sardar Biglari N/A Purchase 100.56K $10.63 $1.07M
Jun 22, 2023 Laurance Roberts N/A Sale 59.95K $9.57 $573.72K
May 26, 2023 Samuel N Borgese N/A Sale 4.64K $9.30 $43.18K
May 19, 2023 Laurance Roberts N/A Sale 60.00K $9.62 $577.20K

Institutional Holders

Holder Name Shares Date Reported % Out Value % Change
Biglari Capital Corp. 4.00M Mar 31, 2026 13.13% $5.97 0.00%
BlackRock Inc 2.28M Mar 31, 2026 7.50% $0.00 3.83%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 2.01M Mar 31, 2026 6.61% $0.01 0.60%
LSV Asset Management 1.46M Mar 31, 2026 4.78% $0.04 0.00%
Vanguard Group Inc 1.46M Dec 31, 2025 4.78% $0.00 3.95%
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc 1.09M Mar 31, 2026 3.58% $0.00 5.19%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC 1.09M Mar 31, 2026 3.58% $0.00 0.00%
Tieton Capital Management, LLC 1.06M Mar 31, 2026 3.47% $4.91 24.03%
Geode Capital Management, LLC 667.72K Mar 31, 2026 2.19% $0.00 2.10%
Two Sigma Investments LLC 642.11K Mar 31, 2026 2.11% $0.01 213.93%
SEI Investments Co 635.47K Mar 31, 2026 2.09% $0.01 203.84%
State Street Corp 606.31K Mar 31, 2026 1.99% $0.00 5.55%
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 583.80K Mar 31, 2026 1.92% $0.22 2.19%
Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC 575.29K Mar 31, 2026 1.89% $0.01 5.02%
Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership 555.08K Mar 31, 2026 1.82% $0.00 -6.93%
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC 525.46K Mar 31, 2026 1.73% $0.02 -19.46%
Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd 525.19K Mar 31, 2026 1.72% $0.01 0.00%
Prudential Financial Inc 518.90K Mar 31, 2026 1.70% $0.01 20.10%
BIGLARI, SARDAR 489.25K Mar 31, 2026 1.61% $13.32 0.00%
MONIMUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 438.27K Mar 31, 2026 1.44% $1.68 116.88%

Shares Statistics

Shares Outstanding: 30.46M
Shares Float: 25.08M
% Insiders: 255.10%
% Institutions: 9,320.20%
Short % Float: 7.03%

Fund Holdings

Rank Holder Name Shares Held % of Shares Change Date Reported
1 Tieton Small Cap Value 1.06M 3.47% ▲ 24.03% Mar 31, 2026
2 First Eagle Small Cap Opportunity I 773.93K 2.54% ▲ 51.71% May 31, 2026
3 Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv 773.55K 2.54% ▲ 0.00% Apr 30, 2026
4 iShares Russell 2000 ETF 667.07K 2.19% ▲ 0.94% May 29, 2026
5 First Eagle US Small Cap Strategy 500.66K 1.64% ▲ 4.25% Mar 31, 2026
6 DFA US Small Cap Value I 410.62K 1.35% ▲ 0.00% Apr 30, 2026
7 DFA US Targeted Value I 358.20K 1.18% ▲ 0.00% Apr 30, 2026
8 Pleiades Small Cap Equity A 304.64K 1.00% ▲ 61.98% Mar 31, 2026
9 Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr 293.92K 0.97% ▲ 0.78% Apr 30, 2026
10 Fidelity Small Cap Index 273.10K 0.90% ▲ 1.23% Mar 31, 2026

Valuation Metrics

Enterprise Value: $705.39M
Trailing P/E: 15.96
Forward P/E: 14.03

Financial Highlights

Market Cap: $476.32M
EBITDA: $65.43M
P/E Ratio: $15.96
PEG Ratio: $1.16
Book Value: $9.93
Earnings/Share: $0.98
Profit Margin: 5.87%
Operating Margin: 9.78%
ROA (TTM): 5.11%
ROE (TTM): 10.27%
Revenue (TTM): $497.05M
Revenue/Share (TTM): $16.99
Earnings Growth (YOY): 43.30%
Revenue Growth (YOY): 5.90%

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Financial Ratios

Date Current Ratio Debt/Equity Debt/Assets Interest Coverage Debt/EBITDA
2025-12-31 0.08x 0.24x 0.52x 9.50x 1.19x
2024-12-31 0.26x 0.35x 0.56x 6.98x 1.60x
2023-12-31 0.35x 0.41x 0.58x 8.27x 1.88x
2022-12-31 0.55x 0.31x 0.53x 17.96x 1.91x
2021-12-31 0.66x 0.19x 0.49x 22.66x 1.06x
2020-12-31 0.48x 0.30x 0.54x 10.19x 1.65x
2019-12-31 0.33x 0.46x 0.61x 10.39x 1.91x
2018-12-31 0.27x 0.28x 0.41x -2.70x 8.11x
2017-12-31 0.44x 0.34x 0.38x 2.08x 3.05x
2016-12-31 0.79x 0.39x 0.44x 10.98x 2.07x
2015-12-31 0.98x 0.50x 0.47x 13.00x 1.99x
2014-12-31 1.39x 0.79x 0.54x 2.72x 17.70x
2013-12-31 0.68x 5.96x 0.88x 1.16x 9.28x
2012-12-31 0.74x 4.25x 0.85x 0.85x 6.43x
2011-12-31 N/A N/A 0.00x N/A N/A

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