El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc (LOCO) — Titan Protect Analysis

LOCO

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

Consumer Cyclical · ·

$13.82

Data: 2026-06-03

✓ ETHICAL PASS

NONE MOAT

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Data Confidence: 0.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$430M

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

14.40

Reasonably valued

Forward P/E

13.02

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+5.9%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

5.9%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

10.3%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$17.00

+23% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

BUY

Consensus view from 4 analysts covering this stock

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. 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

https://www.elpolloloco.com

Country: United States Employees: 4,034 Industry: Restaurants

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% PENDING

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% PENDING

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% PENDING

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PENDING

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

0.545

Good returns relative to risk taken

Kelly Fraction

0.0389

Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted

Calmar Ratio

0.386

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

13.9%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-35.9%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.70

Less volatile than the market — more defensive

52W High

$15.90

13% below the year high

52W Low

$8.99

54% above the year low

Avg Volume

374,487

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

5.8

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

N/A

Div Yield

N/A

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$0.98

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

77.02

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

N/A

Quick Ratio

N/A

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

22.9%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

9.8%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$25M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$497M

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$29M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$22.50

Target Median

$17.00

Target Low

$15.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-06-03

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