El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. The company operates and franchises restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Washington. It also licenses its brand to restaurants in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.
Sector: Consumer Cyclical · Industry: Restaurants · United States · 4,000 employees · elpolloloco.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) had a market capitalization of $468.1M, a trailing P/E of 13.1 (forward 13.9) and a beta of 0.68; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $8.98 – $17.40 (46.2% over the year).
- Market cap
- $468.1M
- Enterprise value
- $673.9M
- Trailing P/E
- 13.1
- Forward P/E
- 13.9
- Price / book
- 1.48
- EPS (trailing)
- $1.17
- EPS (forward)
- $1.11
- Payout ratio
- 0.0%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2022-10-21
- 52-week range
- $8.98 – $17.40
- 52-week change
- 46.2%
- Beta
- 0.68
- Average volume
- 270,109
- Shares outstanding
- 30.5M
- Short % of float
- 6.10%
- Profit margin
- 7.0%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-10
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-10 scan of the US universe, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) last closed at $15.06 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 43 (neutral territory), price -2.1% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -3.5%, MACD histogram -0.02.
Sentiment inputs: 100% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 100% bullish; analyst consensus score 67/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 56 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of LOCO; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 11 sells (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-08-11). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Biglari, Sardar (0B/11S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
LOCO has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell LOCO.
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