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El Pollo Loco (LOCO) Competitors

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LOCO vs. WING, HDL, CNNE, FWRG, SG, TH, MSC, KRUS, PLAY, and BALY

Should you be buying El Pollo Loco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of El Pollo Loco include Wingstop (WING), Super Hi International (HDL), Cannae (CNNE), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Sweetgreen (SG), Target Hospitality (TH), Studio City Ih (MSC), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), and Bally's (BALY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

El Pollo Loco vs. Its Competitors

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

Wingstop has a net margin of 25.61% compared to El Pollo Loco's net margin of 5.15%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 9.83% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
El Pollo Loco5.15% 9.83% 4.38%
Wingstop 25.61%-17.07%16.53%

El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wingstop has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% 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
El Pollo Loco$479.69M0.58$25.68M$0.8411.03
Wingstop$669.74M10.20$108.72M$6.0040.76

El Pollo Loco currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.28%. Wingstop has a consensus target price of $376.92, indicating a potential upside of 54.12%. Given El Pollo Loco's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe El Pollo Loco is more favorable than Wingstop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
El Pollo Loco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Wingstop
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Wingstop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Wingstop had 14 more articles in the media than El Pollo Loco. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Wingstop and 4 mentions for El Pollo Loco. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Wingstop's score of 0.27 indicating that El Pollo Loco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
El Pollo Loco
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wingstop
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LOCO vs. The Competition

MetricEl Pollo LocoRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$277.90M$10.74B$27.41B$10.54B
Dividend YieldN/A3.18%171.02%4.67%
P/E Ratio11.0330.9919.8026.88
Price / Sales0.581.818.88184.34
Price / Cash6.6015.0117.7131.10
Price / Book1.064.375.156.71
Net Income$25.68M$405.78M$914.89M$276.44M
7 Day Performance-4.48%-1.17%-1.06%3.08%
1 Month Performance-11.42%-4.25%0.41%10.20%
1 Year Performance-29.27%-10.03%15.10%40.77%

El Pollo Loco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LOCO
El Pollo Loco
3.6735 of 5 stars
$9.27
-0.1%
$18.00
+94.3%
-30.8%$277.90M$479.69M11.034,143
WING
Wingstop
4.0278 of 5 stars
$251.84
+1.8%
$377.72
+50.0%
-41.2%$6.91B$625.81M41.971,335
HDL
Super Hi International
N/A$18.44
+0.8%
N/A+3.9%$1.19B$778.31M20.4813,057Positive News
CNNE
Cannae
3.8897 of 5 stars
$18.53
+1.2%
$24.00
+29.6%
+0.9%$1.03B$452.50M-2.767,317Negative News
Short Interest ↑
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
3.2922 of 5 stars
$15.88
-0.8%
$21.09
+32.8%
+9.2%$976.38M$773.46M264.7115,000
SG
Sweetgreen
3.2212 of 5 stars
$8.00
-1.8%
$17.69
+121.2%
-76.9%$963.43M$686.22M-9.526,407News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TH
Target Hospitality
2.56 of 5 stars
$8.65
-2.6%
$13.00
+50.3%
+0.5%$886.04M$386.27M86.50820
MSC
Studio City Ih
1.4356 of 5 stars
$4.13
+3.8%
N/A-51.8%$838.65M$639.15M-11.805,848News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
KRUS
Kura Sushi USA
3.1042 of 5 stars
$61.50
-0.8%
$93.78
+52.5%
-29.4%$749.70M$237.86M-76.883,300
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
4.1265 of 5 stars
$18.99
-1.4%
$31.33
+65.0%
-49.7%$667.33M$2.13B55.8523,420
BALY
Bally's
2.3836 of 5 stars
$11.40
+5.7%
$11.00
-3.5%
-24.5%$530.04M$2.45B-0.9710,000

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This page (NASDAQ:LOCO) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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