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El Pollo LoCo (LOCO)
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El Pollo LoCo Ratios

LOCO's free cash flow for Q4 2025 was $0.45. For the 2025 fiscal year, LOCO's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $0.09. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.
Ratios
TTM
Dec 25Dec 24Dec 23Dec 22
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
 0.08 0.08 0.26 0.35 0.55
Quick Ratio
 0.08 0.08 0.24 0.32 0.51
Cash Ratio
 0.08 0.08 0.03 0.10 0.30
Solvency Ratio
 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.11
Operating Cash Flow Ratio
 0.61 0.61 0.62 0.56 0.56
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage
 2.71 2.71 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net Current Asset Value
$ -309.34M$ -309.34M$ -311.45M$ -316.47M$ -278.62M
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio
 0.39 0.39 0.44 0.46 0.42
Debt-to-Equity Ratio
 0.82 0.82 1.01 1.09 0.90
Debt-to-Capital Ratio
 0.45 0.45 0.50 0.52 0.47
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio
 0.15 0.15 0.21 0.25 0.19
Financial Leverage Ratio
 2.08 2.08 2.27 2.36 2.12
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
 2.13 2.13 8.02 9.51 22.00
Interest Coverage Ratio
 9.50 9.50 6.98 8.27 17.96
Debt to Market Cap
 0.16 0.22 0.20 0.28 0.18
Interest Debt Per Share
 8.34 8.34 9.01 8.12 7.00
Net Debt to EBITDA
 3.99 3.99 4.58 4.83 5.17
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin
28.64%28.64%21.88%19.92%17.81%
EBIT Margin
8.82%8.66%8.71%8.47%6.50%
EBITDA Margin
11.92%11.92%12.03%11.76%9.57%
Operating Profit Margin
8.66%8.66%8.70%8.49%6.41%
Pretax Profit Margin
7.67%7.67%7.46%7.44%6.15%
Net Profit Margin
5.40%5.40%5.43%5.45%4.43%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin
5.40%5.40%5.43%5.45%4.43%
Net Income Per EBT
70.49%70.49%72.78%73.27%72.03%
EBT Per EBIT
88.50%88.50%85.72%87.65%95.88%
Return on Assets (ROA)
4.37%4.37%4.34%4.31%3.48%
Return on Equity (ROE)
9.51%9.10%9.85%10.19%7.40%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
8.05%8.05%7.97%7.66%5.70%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
5.49%5.49%4.99%5.41%3.95%
Return on Tangible Assets
8.95%8.95%9.13%9.07%7.26%
Earnings Yield
6.40%8.65%7.29%8.46%5.75%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover
 43.72 43.72 47.47 45.50 43.31
Payables Turnover
 22.32 22.32 30.57 29.93 30.32
Inventory Turnover
 0.00 0.00 190.66 196.39 158.17
Fixed Asset Turnover
 0.00 0.00 1.83 1.85 1.91
Asset Turnover
 0.81 0.81 0.80 0.79 0.79
Working Capital Turnover Ratio
 -8.58 -7.62 -9.17 -11.94 -16.74
Cash Conversion Cycle
 -8.00 -8.00 -2.34 -2.32 -1.30
Days of Sales Outstanding
 8.35 8.35 7.69 8.02 8.43
Days of Inventory Outstanding
 0.00 0.00 1.91 1.86 2.31
Days of Payables Outstanding
 16.35 16.35 11.94 12.20 12.04
Operating Cycle
 8.35 8.35 9.60 9.88 10.74
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share
 1.64 1.64 1.57 1.19 1.06
Free Cash Flow Per Share
 0.87 -0.26 0.93 0.57 0.51
CapEx Per Share
 0.77 0.06 0.64 0.62 0.55
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow
 0.53 -0.16 0.59 0.48 0.48
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio
 2.12 29.15 2.45 1.91 0.51
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio
 2.12 29.15 2.45 1.91 1.94
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
 0.20 0.20 0.18 0.15 0.15
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio
 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.08
Free Cash Flow Yield
6.00%-2.53%7.86%6.41%5.15%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio
 15.63 11.56 13.73 11.82 17.41
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio
 0.86 0.62 0.75 0.64 0.77
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio
 1.42 1.05 1.35 1.21 1.29
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio
 16.66 -39.48 12.73 15.61 19.43
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio
 8.61 6.37 7.54 7.43 9.39
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio
 6.88 1.99 0.94 0.37 -0.59
Price-to-Fair Value
 1.42 1.05 1.35 1.21 1.29
Enterprise Value Multiple
 11.25 9.23 10.77 10.31 13.22
Enterprise Value
 657.22M 539.40M 613.06M 568.16M 594.44M
EV to EBITDA
 11.25 9.23 10.77 10.31 13.22
EV to Sales
 1.34 1.10 1.30 1.21 1.26
EV to Free Cash Flow
 25.83 -69.57 22.13 29.35 31.90
EV to Operating Cash Flow
 13.67 11.22 13.10 13.96 15.42
Tangible Book Value Per Share
 -0.67 -0.67 -1.67 -1.75 -0.81
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share
 9.95 9.95 8.73 7.32 7.73
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate
 0.30 0.30 0.27 0.27 0.28
Revenue Per Share
 16.75 16.75 15.85 13.68 12.93
Net Income Per Share
 0.91 0.91 0.86 0.75 0.57
Tax Burden
 0.70 0.70 0.73 0.73 0.72
Interest Burden
 0.87 0.88 0.86 0.88 0.95
Research & Development to Revenue
 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SG&A to Revenue
 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.08
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue
 0.01 0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Income Quality
 1.82 4.00 1.82 1.59 1.85
Currency in USD