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EL Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. LOCO

14 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$490.0M
▲ 3.6% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$0.90
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
9.6%
Net margin · FY25
5.4%
Dividend coverage
0.4×
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Result
USD 490.0M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 14-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.20.40.60.50.0201220152018202120242025
0.20.40.60.50.02016201920222025

5 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.90
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
0.511.50.90201220152018202120242025
0.511.50.902016201920222025

Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.

Profitability
9.6%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
102030409.6%201220152018202120242025
102030409.6%2016201920222025
Operating margin8.6%
Net margin5.4%
Return on assets4.4%

Each USD of equity produced 10 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 737,000.00
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacksUSD 737,000.00
Share of profit2.8%
Consecutive raises

USD 737,000.00 in buybacks — 3% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+2.8% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+1.4%
+2.8%
+3.3%
Net income
+8.4%
+1.6%
+1.0%
EPS, diluted
+16.4%
+5.8%
+3.8%
Returned to shareholders
−76.3%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.03B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.030.03201220152018202120242025
0.040.032016201920222025
Change, 5 years−17.8%
Change, 10 years−21.8%

The share count shrank 18% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 606.6M
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 606.6M
EquityUSD 291.1M
CashUSD 6.2M
Gross debtUSD 51.0M
Net debtUSD 44.8M
Current ratio0.32×

Net debt stands at 15% of equity.

History
14 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
Revenue $B
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
Operating income $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
EBITDA $B
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
Income tax $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.1
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
EPS, diluted $
0.90
0.86
0.74
0.57
0.80
0.68
0.67
−0.23
0.22
0.47
0.62
1.24
−0.59
−0.27
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
1.50
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
·
·
·
267
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
ROE %
9.6
10.0
9.6
7.0
9.9
9.4
9.7
−3.3
3.2
7.2
10.6
32.8
−29.8
−12.2
Shares out B
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.03
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
40 of 40
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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