LOCO Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (El Pollo Loco Holdings | NASDAQ:LOCO)

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc operates and franchises hundreds of fast-casual chicken restaurants in the United States. It specializes in fire-grilling citrus-marinated chicken and operates in the limited service restaurant market segment. Its offerings include Mexican-inspired menu items, including burritos, tostadas, bowls, salads, and bone-in chicken meals in various portion sizes. It also offers citrus-marinated fire-grilled chicken, along with a range of salsas and dressings that allow customers to customize their meals. The company operates in one operating segment. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from company-operated restaurant revenue.

El Pollo Loco Holdings trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol LOCO.

As of September 1, 2026, LOCO stock price declined to $14.99 with 148,933 million shares trading.

LOCO has a beta of 0.00, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. LOCO has a correlation of 0.00 to the broad based SPY ETF.

LOCO has a market cap of $456.52 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter El Pollo Loco Holdings reported $130 million in Revenue and $.30 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-1 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.02.

In the last 3 years, LOCO traded as high as $17.40 and as low as $8.11.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that LOCO belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, IWM, VXF, IWN, DFAT.

LOCO has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +41.0%, while the SPY ETF gained +19.3%. However, in the most recent history, LOCO shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning +0.8% in the last 3 month period and -3.0% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned +1.0% and -1.4%, respectively.

LOCO support price is $14.91 and resistance is $15.63 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that LOCO shares will trade within this expected range on the day.