El Pollo Loco - LOCO Stock Forecast, Price & News

El Pollo Loco's stock was trading at $9.96 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LOCO shares have increased by 27.8% and is now trading at $12.73.
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El Pollo Loco saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,790,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the December 31st total of 1,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 179,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 10.0 days. Currently, 9.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 9th 2023.
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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The restaurant operator reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.05. The restaurant operator earned $115.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $120.02 million. El Pollo Loco had a net margin of 4.42% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.65%. El Pollo Loco's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.28 EPS.

El Pollo Loco announced a dividend on Friday, October 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 24th will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share on Wednesday, November 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 13.95%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 21st.
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32 employees have rated El Pollo Loco Chief Executive Officer Bernard Acoca on Glassdoor.com. Bernard Acoca has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees.

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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.23%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Comerica Bank (0.03%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%) and Simplex Trading LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Laurance Roberts, Miguel Lozano and Samuel N Borgese.
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Shares of LOCO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LOCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.73.

El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) has a market capitalization of $471.65 million and generates $454.36 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $29.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.57 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,626 workers across the globe.

El Pollo Loco's mailing address is 3535 HARBOR BOULEVARD SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA, 92626. The official website for the company is www.elpolloloco.com. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at (714) 599-5000 or via email at investors@elpolloloco.com.