El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has grown revenue 2.0% a year over three years and 2.1% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 22%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +2.0% (Restaurants median +7.3%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +2.1%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +22%, earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders. Years of annual history on file: 14, FY2012 to FY2025, as filed.

LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical

$14.92+61% 1Y

$14.92

$9.0652 weeks$17.20

Is it growing?

Good

Growing: earnings up +38% year on year and operating margin widening (+2.3 points).

2 good, 1 neutral

Revenue trend+4% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +2% a year.

Earnings trend+38% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing faster than revenue, so margins or the share count are helping.

Margin direction+2.3 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 10.5% now against 8.2% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Jul 1, 2026.

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is LOCO growing?

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. has grown revenue 2.0% a year over three years and 2.1% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 22%.

+2.0%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Restaurants median +7.3% · growing slowly · compounded from trailing twelve-month revenue

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +2.1%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +2.0% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +22%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +2.0% · earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders
Years of annual history on file: 14
Years of annual history on file · FY2012 to FY2025, as filed