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El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2025)

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Cost of Revenue history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at $24.9 million for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Cost of Revenue fell 11.87% year-over-year to $24.9 million; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached $99.1 million, down 70.07%, while the annual FY2024 figure was $100.7 million, 70.07% down from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue for Q3 2025 was $24.9 million at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from $24.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $260.5 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$91.3 million in Q4 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $27.7 million (2022), against an average of $57.1 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Cost of Revenue was 600.79% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 395.28% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at -$91.3 million in 2021, then surged by 385.45% to $260.5 million in 2022, then fell by 23.93% to $198.2 million in 2023, then plummeted by 87.9% to $24.0 million in 2024, then increased by 3.77% to $24.9 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Cost of Revenue are $24.9 million (Q3 2025), $24.6 million (Q2 2025), and $25.7 million (Q1 2025).