El Pollo Loco - LOCO Stock Forecast, Price & News

El Pollo Loco's stock was trading at $9.96 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LOCO shares have increased by 9.3% and is now trading at $10.89.
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El Pollo Loco saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,590,000 shares, a decline of 8.1% from the February 13th total of 1,730,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 151,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.5 days. Approximately 8.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO) released its earnings results on Thursday, March, 9th. The restaurant operator reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.03. The restaurant operator earned $115.92 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $115.35 million. El Pollo Loco had a net margin of 4.43% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.76%. El Pollo Loco's revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.17 earnings per share.

El Pollo Loco announced a dividend on Friday, October 14th. Investors of record on Monday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of $1.50 per share on Wednesday, November 9th. This represents a yield of 13.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 21st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ), First Trust Dow Jones Select Microcap Index Fund (FDM), Syntax Stratified SmallCap ETF (SSLY), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF (RZV), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Equal Weight ETF (EWSC) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD).

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 investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.48%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (4.10%), Millennium Management LLC (1.66%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.03%) and Morgan Stanley (0.88%). 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 $10.89.

El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) has a market capitalization of $399.77 million and generates $469.96 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $20.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.58 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,931 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.