El Pollo Loco (LOCO)

• Market cap: $280M
• 1 day: -0.84%
• 5 days: -3.10%
• 1 month: -8.12%
• 3 months: -18.49%
• 6 months: -27.27%
• Year to date: -17.70%
• 1 year: 13.68%
• 5 years: -11.33%
• 10 years: -67.12%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Restaurants

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: 4,143

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

593% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.35M | Put options by funds: $339K

71% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 29 | Existing positions closed: 17

13% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 43 | Existing positions reduced: 38

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 123 [Q3] → 135 (+12) [Q4]

1.53% less ownership

Funds ownership: 84.83% [Q3] → 83.3% (-1.53%) [Q4]

14% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $348M [Q3] → $299M (-$48.8M) [Q4]

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 2 (-1) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $18 92% upside
• Avg. target: $18 92% upside
• High target: $18 92% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Craig-Hallum Jeremy Hamblin 24% 1-year accuracy 5 / 21 met price target

92% upside $18

Buy Initiated

11 Mar 2025