NASDAQ:LOCOEl Pollo LoCo Stock Price, Forecast & News

El Pollo LoCo's stock was trading at $9.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LOCO stock has increased by 46.1% and is now trading at $14.46. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for El Pollo LoCo in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for El Pollo LoCo.

El Pollo LoCo is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for El Pollo LoCo.

El Pollo LoCo Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LOCO) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.06. The restaurant operator earned $105.16 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $102.51 million. El Pollo LoCo had a net margin of 6.29% and a return on equity of 11.09%. The firm's revenue was down 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.15 earnings per share. View El Pollo LoCo's earnings history.

3 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for El Pollo LoCo's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect El Pollo LoCo's share price to reach $14.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for El Pollo LoCo.

Media stories about LOCO stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. El Pollo LoCo earned a news sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about El Pollo LoCo.

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El Pollo LoCo trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LOCO."

El Pollo LoCo's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include 6 Meridian (0.05%). Company insiders that own El Pollo LoCo stock include Laurance Roberts and Samuel N Borgese. View institutional ownership trends for El Pollo LoCo.

LOCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have sold El Pollo LoCo company stock in the last year include Laurance Roberts, and Samuel N Borgese. View insider buying and selling activity for El Pollo LoCo.

Shares of LOCO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LOCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.46.

El Pollo LoCo has a market capitalization of $507.55 million and generates $442.33 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $24.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.75 on an earnings per share basis. El Pollo LoCo employs 5,005 workers across the globe.

The official website for El Pollo LoCo is www.elpolloloco.com.

El Pollo LoCo's mailing address is 3535 HARBOR BOULEVARD SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA, 92626. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 714-599-5000 or via email at [email protected]