9-Oct-2026
El Pollo Loco Announces New York Expansion and Strengthens Leadership Team to Accelerate Growth
Globe Newswire (Tue, 29-Sep 12:00 PM ET)
El Pollo Loco Showcases Fall Flavors in Latest Menu Items
Globe Newswire (Thu, 17-Sep 2:26 PM ET)
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. to Participate in Two Investor Conferences in September
Globe Newswire (Fri, 4-Sep 9:00 AM ET)
El Pollo Loco Declares September 9 National Grilled Chicken Day
Globe Newswire (Wed, 26-Aug 1:47 PM ET)
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Globe Newswire (Thu, 6-Aug 4:05 PM ET)
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Results on Thursday, August 6, 2026
Globe Newswire (Wed, 15-Jul 8:30 AM ET)
Margin Gains and Expansion Plans Put El Pollo Loco’s Growth Strategy in Focus After Q4 Results
Market Chameleon (Fri, 13-Mar 7:09 AM ET)
Margin Expansion and Franchise Growth Stand Out in El Pollo Loco’s Third Quarter Results
Market Chameleon (Fri, 31-Oct 7:21 AM ET)
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 October 9, 2026, LOCO stock price climbed to $15.22 with 212,793 million shares trading.
LOCO has a beta of 0.19, 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 $463.53 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, DFAT, DFSV, VXF.
LOCO has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +60.7% while the SPY ETF gained +17.1%. However, in the short term, LOCO had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning -7.4% vs +3.8% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, LOCO shares have fared better than the market returning +8.0% compared to SPY +0.9%.
LOCO support price is $14.65 and resistance is $15.23 (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.
