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LOCO vs. WING, CNNE, XHR, HDL, PLAY, KRUS, FWRG, PTLO, MSC, and MRNO

Should you be buying El Pollo Loco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of El Pollo Loco include Wingstop (WING), Cannae (CNNE), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Portillo's (PTLO), Studio City Ih (MSC), and Murano Global BV (MRNO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

El Pollo Loco vs. Its Competitors

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.

81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Wingstop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Wingstop has a net margin of 26.45% compared to El Pollo Loco's net margin of 5.30%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 9.91% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wingstop26.45% -18.85% 18.26%
El Pollo Loco 5.30%9.91%4.31%

Wingstop presently has a consensus target price of $358.16, suggesting a potential upside of 12.53%. El Pollo Loco has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.65%. Given El Pollo Loco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe El Pollo Loco is more favorable than Wingstop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wingstop
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
El Pollo Loco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Wingstop had 35 more articles in the media than El Pollo Loco. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Wingstop and 2 mentions for El Pollo Loco. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Wingstop's score of 0.76 indicating that El Pollo Loco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wingstop
10 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
El Pollo Loco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Wingstop has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wingstop has higher revenue and earnings than El Pollo Loco. El Pollo Loco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wingstop$625.81M14.19$108.72M$5.9753.31
El Pollo Loco$473.01M0.69$25.68M$0.8512.69

Summary

Wingstop beats El Pollo Loco on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LOCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LOCO vs. The Competition

MetricEl Pollo LocoRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$324.24M$11.79B$26.18B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A3.67%175.55%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.6938.9929.8119.57
Price / Sales0.692.092.8979.65
Price / Cash7.6817.7517.0627.51
Price / Book1.2410.735.755.56
Net Income$25.68M$400.87M$872.31M$252.37M
7 Day Performance-2.62%-1.51%0.85%3.11%
1 Month Performance5.06%3.49%14.39%11.74%
1 Year Performance-3.23%4.40%23.12%17.41%

El Pollo Loco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LOCO
El Pollo Loco
4.1045 of 5 stars
$10.79
-1.6%
$15.50
+43.7%
-1.7%$324.24M$473.01M12.694,143Positive News
WING
Wingstop
4.0881 of 5 stars
$325.40
-0.6%
$362.26
+11.3%
-13.2%$9.13B$625.81M54.511,335Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CNNE
Cannae
3.7654 of 5 stars
$20.91
-1.3%
$22.00
+5.2%
+11.7%$1.33B$452.50M-3.987,317News Coverage
XHR
Xenia Hotels & Resorts
2.1418 of 5 stars
$12.85
-2.7%
$12.90
+0.4%
-7.9%$1.30B$1.04B58.4140
HDL
Super Hi International
N/A$19.61
+0.8%
N/A+6.9%$1.25B$778.31M32.6813,057Positive News
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
3.2569 of 5 stars
$32.74
-5.2%
$33.83
+3.3%
-20.0%$1.19B$2.13B32.4223,420
KRUS
Kura Sushi USA
3.4216 of 5 stars
$85.88
-5.4%
$79.10
-7.9%
+34.3%$1.10B$237.86M-95.423,300Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
3.2361 of 5 stars
$17.42
-1.4%
$21.36
+22.6%
+9.6%$1.08B$1.02B102.4715,000News Coverage
PTLO
Portillo's
2.6767 of 5 stars
$11.92
-3.2%
$13.71
+15.1%
+20.9%$921.72M$710.55M27.727,450News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MSC
Studio City Ih
0.479 of 5 stars
$4.30
+1.4%
N/A-29.6%$893.44M$639.15M-8.605,848Gap Up
MRNO
Murano Global BV
0.5211 of 5 stars
$10.53
-1.7%
N/A-10.8%$849.47M$40.07M0.001,088High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:LOCO) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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