El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO - Get Free Report) shares crossed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of $10.75 and traded as low as $10.20. El Pollo Loco shares last traded at $10.38, with a volume of 257,163 shares.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Separately, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of El Pollo Loco from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd.
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El Pollo Loco Price Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 0.35 and a quick ratio of 0.33. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $10.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $10.50. The company has a market cap of $312.60 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.40 and a beta of 1.01.
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The restaurant operator reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.03. El Pollo Loco had a net margin of 5.15% and a return on equity of 9.83%. The company had revenue of $125.83 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.24 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.26 earnings per share. El Pollo Loco's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. will post 0.83 EPS for the current year.
Institutional Trading of El Pollo Loco
Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of LOCO. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of El Pollo Loco by 4,840.7% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,668 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $259,000 after buying an additional 2,614 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its stake in shares of El Pollo Loco by 85.0% during the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 3,862 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 1,774 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC boosted its stake in shares of El Pollo Loco by 31.3% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,229 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 1,008 shares during the last quarter. EMC Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of El Pollo Loco during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $72,000. Finally, Quarry LP boosted its stake in shares of El Pollo Loco by 235.6% during the 4th quarter. Quarry LP now owns 7,389 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $85,000 after buying an additional 5,187 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.28% of the company's stock.
About El Pollo Loco
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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. It operates and franchises restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses its brand to restaurants in the Philippines.
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