El Pollo Loco (LOCO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $9.43 +0.08 (+0.86%) Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.30 -0.13 (-1.38%) As of 04:21 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock El Pollo Loco Short Interest DataEl Pollo Loco (LOCO) has a short interest of 1.28 million shares, representing 5.03% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -25.58% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.7, indicating that it would take 4.7 days of the average trading volume of 266,635 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,280,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,720,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-25.58%Dollar Volume Sold Short$12.53 millionShort Interest Ratio4.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 15, 2025Outstanding Shares30,057,000 sharesFloat Size25,460,000 sharesShort Percent of Float5.03%Today's Trading Volume369,350 sharesAverage Trading Volume266,635 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average139% Short Selling El Pollo Loco? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for El Pollo Loco and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLOCO Short Interest Over TimeLOCO Days to Cover Over TimeLOCO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time El Pollo Loco Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/15/20251,280,000 shares $12.53 million -25.6%5.0%4.7 $9.79 3/31/20251,720,000 shares $17.72 million -5.5%6.8%6.6 $10.30 3/15/20251,820,000 shares $18.35 million -16.5%7.2%8.2 $10.08 2/28/20252,180,000 shares $24.57 million No Change8.6%9.7 $11.27 2/15/20252,180,000 shares $26.94 million +11.2%8.5%11.7 $12.36 1/31/20251,960,000 shares $23.27 million -2.5%7.7%11.1 $11.87 1/15/20252,010,000 shares $23.40 million No Change7.9%10.2 $11.64 12/31/20242,010,000 shares $23.20 million +22.6%7.9%9.8 $11.54 12/15/20241,640,000 shares $20.30 million +43.9%6.4%7.7 $12.38 11/30/20241,140,000 shares $14.50 million -0.9%4.5%5.1 $12.72 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LOCO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for El Pollo Loco and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/15/20241,150,000 shares $14.21 million +2.7%4.5%5 $12.36 10/31/20241,120,000 shares $13.69 million -5.1%4.3%4.4 $12.22 10/15/20241,180,000 shares $16.19 million +0.9%4.6%4.7 $13.72 9/30/20241,170,000 shares $16.03 million +15.8%5.0%4.6 $13.70 9/15/20241,010,000 shares $13.74 million -4.7%4.3%3.6 $13.60 8/31/20241,060,000 shares $14.69 million +1.9%4.5%3.9 $13.86 8/15/20241,040,000 shares $13.67 million -20.0%4.4%3.8 $13.14 7/31/20241,300,000 shares $15.68 million -5.1%5.5%4.6 $12.06 7/15/20241,370,000 shares $15.51 million +25.7%5.6%3.8 $11.32 6/30/20241,090,000 shares $12.33 million -2.7%4.5%3 $11.31 6/15/20241,120,000 shares $11.69 million +8.7%4.6%3.2 $10.44 5/31/20241,030,000 shares $11.00 million -26.4%4.2%2.9 $10.68 5/15/20241,400,000 shares $15.54 million +10.2%5.7%4 $11.10 4/30/20241,270,000 shares $10.82 million -0.8%5.1%4.1 $8.52 4/15/20241,280,000 shares $11.02 million -2.3%5.2%5.6 $8.61 3/31/20241,310,000 shares $12.76 million -3.7%5.2%5.8 $9.74 3/15/20241,360,000 shares $11.60 million +3.8%5.4%6.3 $8.53 2/29/20241,310,000 shares $11.87 million -1.5%5.0%5.8 $9.06 2/15/20241,330,000 shares $12.29 million -5.0%5.1%5.6 $9.24 1/31/20241,400,000 shares $12.96 million +25.0%5.0%5.1 $9.26 1/15/20241,120,000 shares $9.55 million +2.8%4.0%3.8 $8.53 12/31/20231,090,000 shares $9.61 million -9.9%3.9%3.7 $8.82 12/15/20231,210,000 shares $10.76 million +4.3%4.3%4 $8.89 11/30/20231,160,000 shares $9.64 million -3.3%4.2%3.8 $8.31 11/15/20231,200,000 shares $10.78 million +9.1%4.6%4 $8.98 10/31/20231,100,000 shares $9.19 million -12.0%4.2%3.7 $8.35 10/15/20231,250,000 shares $10.26 million -3.9%4.7%3.8 $8.21 9/30/20231,300,000 shares $11.64 million -0.8%4.9%3.4 $8.95 9/15/20231,310,000 shares $11.88 million -3.0%4.9%2.3 $9.07 8/31/20231,350,000 shares $12.84 million -11.8%5.0%2.2 $9.51The next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate … (Ad)Robots — built by Nvidia. Forbes says this could be " a $24 trillion opportunity for investors." Huang said, "The ChatGPT moment for robotics is right around the corner." In fact, I believe these robots could impact 65 million Americans lives — this year. And one stock — currently priced around $7 — could be the biggest winner.To see a live demonstration with one of these robots, simply click here. 8/15/20231,530,000 shares $15.64 million +4.8%5.7%2.5 $10.22 7/31/20231,460,000 shares $15.55 million -4.6%5.4%2.3 $10.65 7/15/20231,530,000 shares $15.24 million -13.1%5.6%2.4 $9.96 6/30/20231,760,000 shares $15.44 million +32.3%6.5%2.9 $8.77 6/15/20231,330,000 shares $13.22 million -10.7%4.9%2.6 $9.94 5/31/20231,490,000 shares $13.62 million +1.4%5.5%3.3 $9.14 5/15/20231,470,000 shares $13.92 million -0.7%5.4%3.5 $9.47 4/30/20231,480,000 shares $13.79 million -2.0%5.4%3.8 $9.32 4/15/20231,510,000 shares $13.79 million -5.6%5.4%4.8 $9.13 3/31/20231,600,000 shares $15.34 million +9.6%5.4%5.7 $9.59 3/15/20231,460,000 shares $16.32 million -8.2%7.5%9.3 $11.18 2/28/20231,590,000 shares $19.03 million -8.1%8.1%10.5 $11.97 2/15/20231,730,000 shares $21.33 million No Change8.8%11.4 $12.33 1/31/20231,730,000 shares $21.23 million -3.4%8.8%10.3 $12.27 1/15/20231,790,000 shares $19.64 million +7.2%9.1%10 $10.97 12/30/20221,670,000 shares $16.63 million -7.2%8.5%7.4 $9.96 12/15/20221,800,000 shares $19.24 million +7.1%9.2%7.9 $10.69 11/30/20221,680,000 shares $18.31 million -6.7%8.6%7.3 $10.90 11/15/20221,800,000 shares $19.84 million +5.9%9.2%7.9 $11.02 10/31/20221,700,000 shares $17.07 million +24.1%8.7%8 $10.04 10/15/20221,370,000 shares $14.99 million +14.2%7.0%7.2 $10.94 9/30/20221,200,000 shares $10.70 million +31.2%6.1%9.4 $8.92 9/15/2022914,400 shares $8.35 million +5.6%4.7%7.5 $9.13 8/31/2022866,100 shares $7.84 million +2.6%4.5%7.2 $9.05 8/15/2022843,800 shares $8.25 million +0.4%4.3%7.3 $9.78 7/31/2022840,100 shares $8.17 million +5.1%4.3%6.3 $9.72 7/15/2022799,200 shares $7.78 million -1.4%4.1%5.2 $9.73 6/30/2022810,700 shares $7.98 million -18.1%4.2%4.7 $9.84 6/15/2022989,500 shares $9.78 million -4.9%2.8%5.7 $9.88 5/31/20221,040,000 shares $10.77 million +13.0%2.9%5.5 $10.36 5/15/2022920,500 shares $9.60 million -5.9%2.6%4.7 $10.43 4/30/2022977,700 shares $10.41 million -2.1%2.7%5.1 $10.65 4/15/2022998,300 shares $11.07 million -20.1%2.8%5.3 $11.09 3/31/20221,250,000 shares $14.53 million +3.3%3.5%6.4 $11.62 3/15/20221,210,000 shares $13.27 million -4.0%3.4%6.1 $10.97 2/28/20221,260,000 shares $16.72 million +5.9%3.5%6.3 $13.27 2/15/20221,190,000 shares $16.09 million -5.6%3.3%5.9 $13.52 1/31/20221,260,000 shares $16.81 million +20.0%3.5%6.3 $13.34 1/15/20221,050,000 shares $14.56 million -4.6%2.9%5.5 $13.87 12/31/20211,100,000 shares $15.61 million -12.7%3.1%6.4 $14.19 12/15/20211,260,000 shares $17.14 million +2.4%3.5%7.9 $13.60 11/30/20211,230,000 shares $15.52 million -18.5%3.7%9.6 $12.62 11/15/20211,510,000 shares $22.35 million -0.7%4.6%13.3 $14.80 10/29/20211,520,000 shares $22.34 million -3.2%4.6%14.7 $14.70 10/15/20211,570,000 shares $24.16 million -2.5%4.8%15.6 $15.39 9/30/20211,610,000 shares $27.21 million -6.4%4.9%15.8 $16.90 9/15/20211,720,000 shares $29.48 million -4.4%10.6%12 $17.14 8/31/20211,800,000 shares $32.65 million -1.1%11.2%11.4 $18.14 8/13/20211,820,000 shares $32.67 million +1.7%11.3%10.8 $17.95 7/30/20211,790,000 shares $33.31 million +1.7%11.2%9.6 $18.61The next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate … (Ad)Robots — built by Nvidia. Forbes says this could be " a $24 trillion opportunity for investors." Huang said, "The ChatGPT moment for robotics is right around the corner." In fact, I believe these robots could impact 65 million Americans lives — this year. And one stock — currently priced around $7 — could be the biggest winner.To see a live demonstration with one of these robots, simply click here. 7/15/20211,760,000 shares $32.17 million -0.6%11.0%8.6 $18.28 6/30/20211,770,000 shares $32.37 million +6.0%11.0%8.4 $18.29 6/15/20211,670,000 shares $28.12 million No Change10.4%8.5 $16.84 5/28/20211,670,000 shares $28.16 million +1.2%10.4%7.5 $16.86 5/14/20211,650,000 shares $28.46 million -7.3%10.3%7.2 $17.25 4/30/20211,780,000 shares $30.33 million +3.5%9.3%7.4 $17.04 4/15/20211,720,000 shares $29.21 million +13.2%9.0%7.1 $16.98 3/31/20211,520,000 shares $24.70 million -21.2%7.9%6 $16.25 3/15/20211,930,000 shares $37.08 million +12.2%10.1%7.6 $19.21 2/26/20211,720,000 shares $32.03 million +3.0%9.0%7.3 $18.62 2/12/20211,670,000 shares $33.03 million -15.7%8.7%6.6 $19.78 1/29/20211,980,000 shares $39.82 million -7.9%10.4%7.8 $20.11 1/15/20212,150,000 shares $41.22 million -4.9%11.2%7.9 $19.17 12/31/20202,260,000 shares $41.15 million +3.7%11.8%8.4 $18.21 12/15/20202,180,000 shares $39.89 million +1.4%11.4%8 $18.30 11/30/20202,150,000 shares $33.99 million -12.6%11.2%7.5 $15.81 11/15/20202,460,000 shares $38.50 million -23.8%13.0%8.4 $15.65 10/30/20203,230,000 shares $56.85 million -6.7%17.1%11.7 $17.60 10/15/20203,460,000 shares $60.38 million -2.3%18.6%11 $17.45 9/30/20203,540,000 shares $57.35 million -1.1%19.0%10.9 $16.20 9/15/20203,580,000 shares $58.71 million -0.6%19.2%10.8 $16.40 8/31/20203,600,000 shares $64.33 million -0.6%19.3%10.7 $17.87 8/14/20203,620,000 shares $62.70 million -1.6%19.9%10.1 $17.32 7/31/20203,680,000 shares $72.72 million -6.8%20.2%9.7 $19.76 7/15/20203,950,000 shares $57.12 million -0.3%22.2%11 $14.46 6/30/20203,960,000 shares $57.97 million +6.7%22.3%10.4 $14.64 6/15/20203,710,000 shares $53.54 million -1.3%20.9%8.7 $14.43 5/29/20203,760,000 shares $52.00 million +0.5%21.2%7.9 $13.83 5/15/20203,740,000 shares $48.73 million +18.7%21.1%7.8 $13.03 LOCO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is El Pollo Loco's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of El Pollo Loco shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 1,280,000 shares of LOCO short. 5.03% of El Pollo Loco's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on El Pollo Loco's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for El Pollo Loco? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. LOCO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on El Pollo Loco's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting El Pollo Loco? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of El Pollo Loco: Citadel Advisors LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for El Pollo Loco? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 5.03% of El Pollo Loco's floating shares are currently sold short. Is El Pollo Loco's short interest increasing or decreasing? El Pollo Loco saw a decline in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,280,000 shares, a decline of 25.6% from the previous total of 1,720,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is El Pollo Loco's float size? El Pollo Loco currently has issued a total of 30,057,000 shares. Some of El Pollo Loco's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. El Pollo Loco currently has a public float of 25,460,000 shares. How does El Pollo Loco's short interest compare to its competitors? 5.03% of El Pollo Loco's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "restaurants, hotels, motels" compare to El Pollo Loco: Cannae Holdings, Inc. (3.36%), Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (2.63%), Soho House & Co Inc. (5.05%), Portillo's Inc. (18.18%), Bally's Co. (0.24%), Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (20.85%), Target Hospitality Corp. (6.38%), Studio City International Holdings Limited (0.00%), Civeo Co. (2.04%), Potbelly Co. (4.40%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.71 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.48 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.92 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.72 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.47 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.64 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($2.46 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short El Pollo Loco stock? Short selling LOCO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from El Pollo Loco as its price is falling. LOCO shares are trading up $0.08 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against El Pollo Loco? A short squeeze for El Pollo Loco occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LOCO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is El Pollo Loco's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including LOCO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025. 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