NASDAQ:LOCO - El Pollo LoCo Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

El Pollo LoCo Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LOCO) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The restaurant operator reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.02. The restaurant operator had revenue of $112.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $110.21 million. El Pollo LoCo had a negative net margin of 0.46% and a positive return on equity of 10.85%. El Pollo LoCo's revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.19 earnings per share. View El Pollo LoCo's Earnings History.

El Pollo LoCo is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for El Pollo LoCo.

2 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for El Pollo LoCo's stock. 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 0.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for El Pollo LoCo.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for El Pollo LoCo in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for El Pollo LoCo.

Media stories about LOCO stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. El Pollo LoCo earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for El Pollo LoCo.

El Pollo LoCo saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,860,000 shares, a decline of 9.6% from the December 31st total of 4,270,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 400,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.7 days. Approximately 21.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View El Pollo LoCo's Current Options Chain.

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El Pollo LoCo's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include 6 Meridian (0.21%), Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. (0.10%), Alpha Windward LLC (0.09%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.04%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for El Pollo LoCo.

LOCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arizona State Retirement System, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for El Pollo LoCo.

LOCO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd., Alpha Windward LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and 6 Meridian. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $14.48.

El Pollo LoCo has a market capitalization of $505.11 million and generates $435.83 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $-8,990,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.74 on an earnings per share basis. El Pollo LoCo employs 5,573 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About El Pollo LoCo.

The official website for El Pollo LoCo is http://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]