El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. LOCO

FY2025 · ended Dec 31, 2025 · Revenue $490.05M, +3.6% YoY · Filed Mar 13, 2026

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) files with the SEC under industry code 5812, Retail-Eating Places. In fiscal 2025, which ended Dec 31, 2025, it reported revenue of $490.0 million and net income of $26.5 million. Free cash flow was $25.4 million. As of Jul 1, 2026 it held $13.3 million in cash and investments and $219.4 million in total debt.

Revenue (TTM)
$500.79M
+4.4% vs year-ago TTM
Net income (TTM)
$34.86M
+41.0% vs year-ago TTM
Operating cash flow (TTM)
$73.94M
+97.0% vs year-ago TTM
Free cash flow (TTM)
$41.01M
+98.0% vs year-ago TTM
EPS (TTM)
$1.17
+39.5% vs year-ago TTM
Dividend per share
$1.50
Shares outstanding
29.96M
+0.6% vs prior year
Net cash
$-206.12M
as of Jul 1, 2026
Operating margin
10.5%
FY 2026

Company profile

Industry
Retail-Eating Places (SIC 5812)
Listed as
LOCO (Nasdaq)
Fiscal year ends
December 30
Incorporated in
DE
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, CA
SEC filer status
Accelerated filer
SEC CIK
1606366

Other Retail-Eating Places companies

Key figures

Fiscal-year totals from the annual reports. Balance sheet lines are as of each year end.

Line
FY 2025
Dec 31, 2025
FY 2024
Dec 25, 2024
FY 2023
Dec 27, 2023
FY 2022
Dec 28, 2022
FY 2021
Dec 29, 2021
Revenue
$490.0M
$473.0M
$468.7M
$470.0M
$454.4M
Operating income
$42.0M
$41.2M
$39.8M
$30.1M
$41.3M
Net income
$26.5M
$25.7M
$25.6M
$20.8M
$29.1M
Diluted EPS
$0.90
$0.86
$0.74
$0.57
$0.80
Operating cash flow
$48.1M
$46.8M
$40.7M
$38.5M
$52.1M
Free cash flow
$25.4M
$27.7M
$19.4M
$18.6M
$35.1M
Total assets
$606.6M
$592.0M
$592.3M
$597.2M
$613.8M
Total liabilities
$315.6M
$331.3M
$341.6M
$316.1M
$303.2M
Stockholders' equity
$291.1M
$260.7M
$250.7M
$281.1M
$310.6M
Cash and investments
$6.2M
$2.5M
$7.3M
$20.5M
$30.0M
Total debt
$241.0M
$263.0M
$273.3M
$252.9M
$233.5M

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings
Form Description Filed Period
8-K Current report
Officer or director change
Sep 25, 2026 Sep 21, 2026
10-Q Quarterly report Aug 7, 2026 Jul 1, 2026
8-K Current report
Results of operations
Aug 6, 2026 Aug 6, 2026
8-K Current report
Officer or director change, Shareholder vote results
May 29, 2026 May 26, 2026
8-K Current report
Other events
May 28, 2026 May 28, 2026
10-Q Quarterly report May 8, 2026 Apr 1, 2026

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. This is company-reported data, not investment advice.