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LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants · Small

$14.42−4.12%
As of 23 Oct 2026Mkt cap $467M
Stage 13
WATCH
Fundamentals
43.5/75
Technical
8.1/15
Independent
51.6/90

GCAE viewbusiness is credible but technical recovery is not yet actionable

Price

1M
+1.5%
3M
−10.9%
6M
+4.2%
1Y
+50.8%

Financials & valuation

Cached filing evidence · as of 2026-10-02

Valuation

P/E
12.3xHist median 13.2x
Forward P/E
—No validated forward-estimate source
Price / FCF
10.3x
FCF yield
9.7%

Quality

ROIC
5.7%
Operating margin
8.6%
FCF margin
5.2%
Current ratio
0.3x

Growth

Revenue growth
+3.6%Latest FY YoY
Revenue CAGR
+1.9%
EPS CAGR
+3.0%
FCF CAGR
−7.7%

Capital

Share-count trend
−7.5%3Y annualised
Net debt
$233M4.9x OCF

Annual trend

CAGR 2021–2025
+1.9%
Latest · 2025
$0B
YoY
+3.6%
Quality Research
PRE-AI
Acceleration Radar
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Final / Opportunity
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Key takeaway

business is credible but technical recovery is not yet actionable

Unresolved question

No reliable unresolved question is available from the current committed evidence.

Watch next

  • Next earnings · 2026-11-05
More details & evidence

Production decision

Stage 13
WATCH
Technical state
approaching-support
Rotation
tailwind
Evidence
fresh

Presentation freshness

Stage 11 market
2026-10-23 · Massive
Financial cache
2026-10-02
Quality Research
CURRENT
THE ONE
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Authority

Company page
Presentation only
Scores
Frozen GCAE production outputs
Research
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