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

LOCO POWR Grades

• LOCO scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 81.81% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LOCO is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• LOCO's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 22.95% of US stocks).

LOCO Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 21.67% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a price/sales ratio of 0.85, EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS INC has a higher such ratio than 28.11% of stocks in our set.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for LOCO comes in at 7.65% -- higher than that of 79.06% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS INC, a group of peers worth examining would be MCS, AXS, TDW, MCB, and RNGR.
• 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/sales ratio is 50% lower, now standing at 0.9.
• Over the past 105 months, LOCO's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 33.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LOCO.

LOCO Growth Metrics

Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 4.14%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 55.22%.
• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at -9.25%.

LOCO's revenue has moved up $11,968,000 over the prior 15 months.

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
2022-09-30	462.994	31.674	20.443
2022-06-30	458.816	37.295	25.595
2022-03-31	456.69	42.396	27.272
2021-12-31	454.363	52.099	29.121
2021-09-30	455.747	49.36	28.398
2021-06-30	451.026	56.089	28.157

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 73.33% 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.