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) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The restaurant operator reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.02. The restaurant operator earned $112.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 for the quarter was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm 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 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives 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 that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. 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.

Headlines about LOCO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for El Pollo LoCo.

El Pollo LoCo saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,860,000 shares, a drop of 9.6% from the December 15th total of 4,270,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 404,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.5 days. Currently, 21.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View El Pollo LoCo's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to El Pollo LoCo include Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Brinker International (EAT), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Denny's (DENN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), Bojangles (BOJA), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Chuy's (CHUY), Habit Restaurants (HABT) and Nathan's Famous (NATH).

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El Pollo LoCo's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include 6 Meridian (0.21%), Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. (0.10%), Alpha Windward LLC (0.09%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for El Pollo LoCo.

LOCO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd., Alpha Windward LLC 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 $14.61.

El Pollo LoCo has a market capitalization of $509.64 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]