El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) intrinsic value & 10-year financials
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) has a Graham intrinsic value of $18.23 per share. At $16.34 on Oct 17, 2026, the stock trades 10% below that value. Over the last 10 fiscal years revenue grew 2.9% a year to $490.0M, with an average return on invested capital of 4.7%.
- Graham intrinsic value
- $18.23
- Share price (Oct 17, 2026)
- $16.34
- Price vs Graham value
- 10% below
- Market cap
- $480.3M
- Revenue (FY2025)
- $490.0M
- Revenue growth (10-yr CAGR)
- 2.9%
- ROIC (10-yr avg)
- 4.7%
- Free cash flow (FY2025)
- $25.4M
LOCO 10-year financial history
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | EPS (diluted) | Free cash flow | Operating margin | ROIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $490.0M | $26.5M | $0.90 | $25.4M | 8.6% | 5.9% |
| FY2024 | $473.0M | $25.7M | $0.86 | $27.7M | 8.7% | 6.0% |
| FY2023 | $468.7M | $25.6M | $0.74 | $19.4M | 8.5% | 5.9% |
| FY2022 | $470.0M | $20.8M | $0.57 | $18.6M | 6.4% | 4.4% |
| FY2021 | $454.4M | $29.1M | $0.80 | $35.1M | 9.1% | 6.1% |
| FY2020 | $426.1M | $24.5M | $0.68 | $33.9M | 7.9% | 5.8% |
| FY2019 | $442.3M | $24.9M | $0.67 | $20.7M | 8.7% | 7.2% |
| FY2018 | $435.8M | -$9.0M | -$0.23 | $17.6M | -2.2% | -2.0% |
| FY2017 | $401.7M | $8.6M | $0.22 | $17.4M | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| FY2016 | $380.1M | $18.3M | $0.47 | $11.9M | 9.1% | 5.6% |
Source: annual 10-K filings on SEC EDGAR. Figures in USD.
Executive summary
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has demonstrated mature, steady growth, with revenue compounding at 2.9% annually over the past decade.
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has historically struggled to out-earn its cost of capital, averaging just 4.7% ROIC.
Over the decade, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. shows that management has aggressively returned capital to shareholders by retiring 24.7% of outstanding shares, and that the company has leveraged its balance sheet to sustain operations.
Benjamin Graham lens
Under Benjamin Graham's formula using SEC EDGAR fundamentals, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. is modeled at 7.5% normalized earnings growth with a 5.1% bond-yield adjustment. The resulting Graham intrinsic value estimate is $18.23 per share.