Revenue
$490.05M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Operating income
$42.04M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Free cash flow
$25.44M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) reported revenue of $490.05M and net income of $26.49M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Eating Places.
Income
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-25 | 2023-12-27 | 2022-12-28 | 2021-12-29 | 2020-12-30 | 2019-12-25 | 2018-12-26 | 2017-12-27 | 2016-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $490.05M | $473.01M | $468.66M | $469.96M | $454.36M | $426.09M | $442.33M | $435.83M | $401.70M | $380.12M |
| Cost of revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Gross profit | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating income | $42.04M | $41.17M | $39.79M | $30.12M | $41.34M | $33.56M | $38.33M | -$9.46M | $6.82M | $34.63M |
| Net income | $26.49M | $25.68M | $25.55M | $20.80M | $29.12M | $24.47M | $24.90M | -$8.99M | $8.62M | $18.34M |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 29.40M | shares 30.03M | shares 34.37M | shares 36.58M | shares 36.45M | shares 35.80M | shares 37.44M | shares 38.57M | shares 39.09M | shares 39.03M |
| Pretax income | $37.58M | $35.29M | $34.88M | $28.88M | $39.45M | $30.12M | $34.58M | -$12.20M | $9.12M | $31.12M |
| Income tax expense | $11.09M | $9.60M | $9.32M | $8.08M | $10.33M | $5.65M | $9.68M | -$3.21M | $497.00K | $12.78M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.90 | $0.86 | $0.74 | $0.57 | $0.80 | $0.68 | $0.67 | $-0.23 | $0.22 | $0.47 |
| Selling, general & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| General & administrative | $50.26M | $46.27M | $42.02M | $39.09M | $39.85M | $35.92M | $40.39M | $50.26M | $38.52M | $34.66M |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-25 | 2023-12-27 | 2022-12-28 | 2021-12-29 | 2020-12-30 | 2019-12-25 | 2018-12-26 | 2017-12-27 | 2016-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $6.23M | $2.48M | $7.29M | $20.49M | $30.05M | $13.22M | $8.07M | $6.97M | $8.55M | $2.17M |
| Total assets | $606.65M | $592.01M | $592.30M | $597.22M | $613.79M | $605.22M | $624.75M | $450.23M | $442.71M | $471.30M |
| Current assets | $25.62M | $19.90M | $25.13M | $37.45M | $49.50M | $31.67M | $24.68M | $22.04M | $20.73M | $14.43M |
| Total liabilities | $315.57M | $331.34M | $341.60M | $316.07M | $303.16M | $327.64M | $379.19M | $184.99M | $167.76M | $206.12M |
| Current liabilities | $79.08M | $75.66M | $72.58M | $68.51M | $74.58M | $66.41M | $73.96M | $82.90M | $47.32M | $45.32M |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $291.08M | $260.67M | $250.70M | $281.15M | $310.62M | $277.58M | $245.57M | $265.24M | $274.95M | $265.18M |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | $1.81M | $1.94M | $1.91M | $2.44M | $2.32M | $2.10M | $2.01M | $2.48M | $2.29M | $2.11M |
| Accounts receivable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $8.50M | $9.60M | $7.21M | $6.92M |
| Goodwill | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M | $248.67M |
| Long-term debt | $51.00M | $71.00M | $84.00M | $66.00M | $40.00M | $62.80M | Unavailable | $74.20M | $93.30M | $104.50M |
| Accounts payable | $15.67M | $12.09M | $12.54M | $12.74M | $10.63M | $7.47M | $5.63M | $9.56M | $12.31M | $11.64M |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-25 | 2023-12-27 | 2022-12-28 | 2021-12-29 | 2020-12-30 | 2019-12-25 | 2018-12-26 | 2017-12-27 | 2016-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $48.08M | $46.78M | $40.69M | $38.55M | $52.10M | $40.55M | $36.14M | $45.44M | $53.67M | $49.30M |
| Capital expenditures | $22.64M | $19.08M | $21.33M | $19.92M | $17.04M | $6.69M | $15.44M | $27.80M | $36.24M | $37.41M |
| Investing cash flow | -$22.64M | -$18.94M | -$13.45M | -$18.92M | -$12.48M | -$6.69M | -$10.67M | -$27.80M | -$36.24M | -$35.20M |
| Financing cash flow | -$21.70M | -$32.64M | -$40.45M | -$29.19M | -$22.79M | -$28.71M | -$24.36M | -$19.22M | -$11.05M | -$18.03M |
| Net change in cash | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $1.10M | -$1.58M | $6.38M | -$3.93M |
| Stock-based compensation | $5.40M | $3.93M | $2.96M | $3.49M | $3.22M | $3.09M | $2.47M | $2.00M | $1.06M | $1.06M |
| Common dividends paid | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $55.57M | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Common share repurchases | $1.84M | $20.55M | $59.22M | Unavailable | $0 | $0 | $48.38M | $981.00K | $0 | $0 |
| Depreciation & amortization | $15.97M | $15.72M | $15.24M | $14.42M | $15.18M | $16.88M | $17.86M | $17.82M | $18.13M | $16.05M |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-25 | 2023-12-27 | 2022-12-28 | 2021-12-29 | 2020-12-30 | 2019-12-25 | 2018-12-26 | 2017-12-27 | 2016-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | $25.44M | $27.70M | $19.36M | $18.63M | $35.06M | $33.86M | $20.70M | $17.64M | $17.43M | $11.89M |
| Gross margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 8.7% | 8.5% | 6.4% | 9.1% | 7.9% | 8.7% | -2.2% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 5.9% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 7.9% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 4.3% | 3.1% |
| SBC / revenue | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 0.26x | 0.35x | 0.55x | 0.66x | 0.48x | 0.33x | 0.27x | 0.44x | 0.32x |
| Revenue YoY growth | 3.6% | 0.9% | -0.3% | 3.4% | 6.6% | -3.7% | 1.5% | 8.5% | 5.7% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 5.6% | -2.1% | 2.1% | 4.8% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 4.6% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 6.4% | 9.0% | 9.8% |
| Long-term debt / equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | 29.5% | 27.2% | 26.7% | 28.0% | 26.2% | 18.8% | 28.0% | Unavailable | 5.5% | 41.1% |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open LOCO in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-08-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-08View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-13View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-01View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-02View SEC filing
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