LOCO PEER ANALYSIS

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Restaurants

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

LOCOIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	LOCO	MTY	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	QSR	Ind. Median
P/E	16.52	5.69●	710.26	—	—	35.56	29.74
P/B	1.59	1.03●	2.70	1.96	2.61	9.09	1.82
EV/EBITDA	11.44	6.09	4.04●	6.44	6.92	18.70	14.41
P/S	0.97	0.75	0.74	0.74	0.66●	3.54	1.05

Financial Health
Metric	LOCO	MTY	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	QSR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.34	0.69	0.66	0.74	1.24●	0.99	0.72
Debt/Equity	77.0%	127.6%	65.5%●	65.7%	109.7%	420.7%	83.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.69	3.29	0.70●	1.32	1.68	5.65	3.64

Profitability
Metric	LOCO	MTY	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	QSR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.9%	13.1%●	0.1%	-2.1%	-1.0%	10.0%	3.0%
ROE	10.3%	18.5%	0.4%	-6.0%	-4.8%	27.9%●	8.0%
ROA	4.9%	6.1%●	0.2%	-2.9%	-1.6%	3.8%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	12.5%	26.8%	22.2%	14.4%	12.7%	27.1%●	12.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	LOCO	MTY	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	QSR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.4%	0.6%	9.4%●	3.2%	5.5%	9.2%	5.4%
NI Growth	15.5%	1,691.1%●	-96.5%	—	—	0.4%	-1.1%
Div. Yield	—	3.6%●	2.4%	2.0%	0.0%	2.4%	2.1%
Payout	—	20.2%	1,709.3%	-69.0%	0.0%	117.5%	45.9%

Valuation
Metric	LOCO	DIN	NATH	CNNE	PTLO	KRUS	Ind. Median
P/E	16.52●	28.77	20.80	—	22.13	—	29.74
P/B	1.59	-1.54	-29.28●	0.69	0.73	2.80	1.82
EV/EBITDA	11.44●	22.23	13.88	—	14.28	56.19	14.41
P/S	0.97	0.50	2.57	1.59	0.47●	2.09	1.05

Financial Health
Metric	LOCO	DIN	NATH	CNNE	PTLO	KRUS	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.34	0.89	2.49●	1.71	0.26	1.46	0.72
Debt/Equity	77.0%	-557.6%●	-366.2%	21.3%	146.2%	89.2%	83.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.69	17.04	0.86	-0.34●	9.39	10.99	3.64

Profitability
Metric	LOCO	DIN	NATH	CNNE	PTLO	KRUS	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.9%	1.8%	12.4%●	-103.8%	2.1%	-0.6%	3.0%
ROE	10.3%●	—	—	-32.3%	3.6%	-0.9%	8.0%
ROA	4.9%	0.9%	37.4%●	-25.9%	1.0%	-0.4%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	12.5%	9.7%	19.7%●	-48.8%	9.6%	4.6%	12.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	LOCO	DIN	NATH	CNNE	PTLO	KRUS	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.4%	8.4%	9.4%	-6.4%	2.4%	18.7%●	5.4%
NI Growth	15.5%●	-70.7%	-16.7%	—	-44.7%	—	-1.1%
Div. Yield	—	3.9%●	2.0%	3.8%	—	—	2.1%
Payout	—	157.7%	91.9%	-6.9%	—	—	45.9%

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