El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [LOCO] stock prices are up 7.91% to $10.50 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The LOCO shares have gain 16.60% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 12.30%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: LOCO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 11, 2025, when Craig Hallum initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $18. On February 08, 2021, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $20 on the stock. CL King started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating. SunTrust upgraded its rating to a Buy but $11 remained the price target by the analyst firm on April 01, 2020. Stifel downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on July 26, 2016. In a note dated April 27, 2016, Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
The stock price of El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [LOCO] has been fluctuating between $8.29 and $14.25 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $18 within the next 12 months. El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: LOCO] shares were valued at $10.50 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 71.43% based on the average LOCO price forecast.
Analyzing the LOCO fundamentals
The El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [NASDAQ:LOCO] reported sales of 476.03M for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 2.60%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.2% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.08. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.98.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 9.93 points at the first support level, and at 9.35 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 10.83, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 11.16.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [NASDAQ:LOCO]’s Current Ratio is 0.32. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.29 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.66, the price to book ratio is 1.19 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.35.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Buller Mark, Director, that happened on Aug 08 ’24 when 10500.0 shares were sold. 10% Owner, BIGLARI, SARDAR completed a deal on Aug 20 ’24 to buy 100000.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner BIGLARI, SARDAR bought 62329.0 shares on Aug 19 ’24.
