El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO): Price and Financial Metrics

LOCO POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where LOCO ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 94.36% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LOCO is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 51 weeks.
• LOCO ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 32nd percentile.

LOCO Stock Summary

• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -31.58%, El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc's debt growth rate surpasses just 16.51% of about US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, LOCO is more volatile than only 16.27% of stocks we're observing.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for LOCO comes in at 16.16% -- higher than that of 86.89% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to LOCO, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ENSV, CTEK, NES, POAI, and TRS.
• LOCO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc's official web site, go to www.elpolloloco.com.

LOCO Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, LOCO's price/earnings ratio is 23.2% higher, now standing at 23.9.
• Over the past 86 months, LOCO's price/sales ratio has gone down 1.2.
• LOCO's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 31.4 over the prior 86 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LOCO.

LOCO Growth Metrics

• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 21.5%.
• The 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 14.69%.
• The year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 197.72%.

Over the past 49 months, LOCO's revenue has gone up $57,387,000.

The table below shows LOCO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	451.026	56.089	28.157
2021-03-31	428.645	55.471	24.838
2020-12-31	426.087	40.547	24.474
2020-09-30	423.292	37.759	22.517
2020-06-30	424.38	34.358	18.999
2020-03-31	438.516	18.632	27.587

LOCO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LOCO has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 71.77% of graded US stocks.
• LOCO's asset turnover comes in at 0.744 -- ranking 31st of 79 Restaraunts Hotels Motels stocks.
• NDLS, RRGB, and TAST are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LOCO.

The table below shows LOCO's key quality metrics over time.