El Pollo LocoLOCO
Market Cap: $411M
About: El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc operates and franchises hundreds of fast-casual chicken restaurants in the United States. Restaurant locations are typically free-standing and include drive-thrus, and menus include many low-priced options. Poultry is the company's largest food cost, accounting for roughly 38% of total food and paper cost, and the company manages that commodity price risk by using multiple suppliers and entering supply contracts of varying lengths depending on market conditions.
Employees: 4,362
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
50% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 3 (+1) [Q2]
32% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 25 | Existing positions closed: 19
14% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $250M [Q1] → $285M (+$34.8M) [Q2]
11% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 41 | Existing positions reduced: 37
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 112 [Q1] → 118 (+6) [Q2]
1.11% less ownership
Funds ownership: 82.12% [Q1] → 81.01% (-1.11%) [Q2]
20% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $499K | Put options by funds: $620K
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
Truist Securities Jake Bartlett 60% 1-year accuracy 38 / 63 met price target | 5%downside $13 | Hold Maintained | 2 Aug 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 9 articles about LOCO published over the past 30 days