Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Back to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
How El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. stacks up
LOCO · against 596 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
70/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #122 of 597 · scores higher than 79% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score44 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including LOCO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 70?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 10.5% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 71% of peers. Return on invested capital: 12.5% vs peer median 7.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 73% of peers. Return on assets: 5.6% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LOCO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LOCO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 569 reported | 12.5% | 5.5% | 77% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 595 reported | 10.5% | 5.1% | 77% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 567 reported | 5.6% | 2.4% | 83% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 555 reported | 11.8% | 5.4% | 79% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 598 reported | 23.1% | 27.2% | 43% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LOCO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.10T IDR (≈$564M) | 99 | 85 | |
| 1 | 1.5B BRL (≈$267M) | 99 | 92 | |
| 3 | 396M AUD (≈$262M) | 98 | 78 | |
| 3 | 418M USD | 98 | 53 | |
| 5 | 22.1B TWD (≈$685M) | 97 | 65 | |
| 114 | 611M USD | 71 | 37 | |
| 122 | 20.3B TWD (≈$629M) | 70 | 48 | |
| 122 | 42.7B JPY (≈$290M) | 70 | 80 | |
| 122 | 42.7B INR (≈$513M) | 70 | 66 | |
| 122 | 473M USD | 70 | 62 | |
| 122 | 830M CAD (≈$606M) | 70 | 67 | |
| 127 | 419.4B KRW (≈$302M) | 69 | 68 | |
| 127 | 2.8B CNY (≈$395M) | 69 | 75 | |
| 127 | 2.6B CNY (≈$367M) | 69 | 66 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score