El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [LOCO] stock is trading at $10.53, up 2.23%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LOCO shares have gain 10.26% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 13.59%, 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 a Neutral rating on this stock.
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [LOCO] stock has fluctuated between $8.29 and $13.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $15 within the next 12 months. El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: LOCO] shares were valued at $10.53 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 42.45% based on the average LOCO price forecast.
Analyzing the LOCO fundamentals
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc [NASDAQ:LOCO] reported sales of 480.81M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 0.93%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% 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. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.68.
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 10.22 points at the first support level, and at 9.92 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 10.78, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 11.04.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.41. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.38, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.66, the price to book ratio is 1.12 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.94.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Buller Mark, Director, that happened on Jun 06 ’25 when 11363.0 shares were sold. Officer, Buller Mark completed a deal on Jun 06 ’25 to buy 11363.0 shares.
