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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) stock score

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · United States

$15.22 ▲ +1.87% today

91.7
Dad Score, out of 100
strong

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 91.7 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a strong reading that places the business ahead of 92% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Consumer Cyclical it ranks #29 of 523. Its strongest axes are valuation, quality and growth; its weakest is macro.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Strong
Quality
Strong
Growth
Above average
Price action
no inputs
Risk
Strong
Conviction
Above average
Liquidity
Average
Macro
Below average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)12.3×
P/E (forward)12.8×
Dividend yield0.00%
Return on capital8.0%
Operating margin9.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.6%
FCF yield5.3%
Net debt / EBITDA3.12×
Piotroski F-Score9 / 9
52-week change+53.4%
Market cap$433M
Next earningsNov 5, 2026

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Restaurants peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
MCDMcDonald's Corporation72.9good$164.1B
SBUXStarbucks Corporation9.4poor$108.0B
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.21.5weak$40.9B
YUMYum! Brands, Inc.70.4good$37.1B
QSRRestaurant Brands International In64.9middling$32.0B
DRIDarden Restaurants, Inc.31.2weak$22.7B
YUMCYum China Holdings, Inc.63.9middling$13.5B
TXRHTexas Roadhouse, Inc.37.4weak$10.2B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.