El Pollo Loco - LOCO Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for El Pollo Loco in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" LOCO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LOCO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for El Pollo Loco's shares. Their LOCO share price forecasts range from $18.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $18.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 88.3% from the stock's current price.
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El Pollo Loco's stock was trading at $14.19 at the start of the year. Since then, LOCO stock has decreased by 32.6% and is now trading at $9.56.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The restaurant operator reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.02. The restaurant operator earned $124.11 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $125.22 million. El Pollo Loco had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.39% and a net margin of 5.58%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.29 earnings per share.

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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include William Blair Investment Management LLC (4.41%), FMR LLC (2.58%), State Street Corp (1.85%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.43%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.20%) and Nordea Investment Management AB (0.96%). Insiders that own company stock include Laurance Roberts, Miguel Lozano and Samuel N Borgese.
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One share of LOCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.56.

El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) has a market capitalization of $353.75 million and generates $454.36 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $29.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.71 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.