El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO - Free Report) - William Blair cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for El Pollo Loco in a report issued on Monday, October 20th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now expects that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.22 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.23. The consensus estimate for El Pollo Loco's current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for El Pollo Loco's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS.
Separately, Weiss Ratings reiterated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of El Pollo Loco in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $18.00.
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El Pollo Loco Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:LOCO opened at $9.49 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $284.70 million, a PE ratio of 11.30 and a beta of 1.05. El Pollo Loco has a fifty-two week low of $8.29 and a fifty-two week high of $13.41. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $10.05 and a 200 day simple moving average of $10.13. The company has a quick ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26.
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The restaurant operator reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $125.83 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.24 million. El Pollo Loco had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 5.15%.El Pollo Loco's quarterly revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.26 EPS.
Institutional Trading of El Pollo Loco
A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its stake in shares of El Pollo Loco by 70.4% during the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 105,302 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $1,159,000 after acquiring an additional 43,490 shares during the period. State of Wyoming increased its position in shares of El Pollo Loco by 74.4% during the 2nd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 17,111 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $188,000 after purchasing an additional 7,300 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its stake in shares of El Pollo Loco by 85.0% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 3,862 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 1,774 shares in the last quarter. Monimus Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of El Pollo Loco in the second quarter valued at $1,365,000. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of El Pollo Loco by 1,592.2% in the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 53,642 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $590,000 after buying an additional 50,472 shares during the period. 81.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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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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