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El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc is a restaurants business based in the US. El Pollo Loco shares (LOCO) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. El Pollo Loco employs 4,711 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.
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| Latest market close | $12.90 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $12.06 - $21.96 |
| 50-day moving average | $14.03 |
| 200-day moving average | $16.48 |
| Wall St. target price | $17.33 |
| PE ratio | 17.7593 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.78 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $12.9 from 2022-01-20
| 1 week (2022-01-14) | -6.99% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-12-22) | -10.48% |
| 3 months (2021-10-22) | -12.84% |
| 6 months (2021-07-22) | -30.94% |
| 1 year (2021-01-22) | -34.02% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-01-22) | -11.70% |
| 3 years (2019-01-22) | 17.71 |
| 5 years (2017-01-20) | 3.20% |
Valuing El Pollo Loco stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of El Pollo Loco's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
El Pollo Loco's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 18x. In other words, El Pollo Loco shares trade at around 18x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
El Pollo Loco's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.16. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into El Pollo Loco's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
El Pollo Loco's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $60.6 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a El Pollo Loco's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $455.7 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 9.82% |
| Gross profit TTM | $91.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.56% |
| Return on equity TTM | 9.88% |
| Profit margin | 6.23% |
| Book value | $8.29 |
| Market capitalisation | $507.1 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting El Pollo Loco to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, El Pollo Loco's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.06 up to $21.96. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while El Pollo Loco's is 1.4795. This would suggest that El Pollo Loco's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. , through its subsidiary El Pollo Loco, Inc. , develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. As of March 11, 2021, the company operated approximately 475 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses one restaurant in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
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