El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) EBT Margin (2013 - 2026)

El Pollo Loco Holdings' (LOCO) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 9.1% in Q2 2026, up 256.0% year-on-year from 2.56% in Q2 2025, and up 20.31% quarter-over-quarter from 7.57% in Q4 2025.

El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) EBT Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

El Pollo Loco Holdings has disclosed EBT Margin across 14 years of filings, most recently posting 9.1% for Q2 2026.

  • EBT Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 9.1%, up 256.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 8.3% (up 96.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.67%, up 21.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin came in at 9.1% for Q2 2026 at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 7.57% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 10.14% in Q3 2023 to a low of 2.74% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 7.57% (2025), against an average of 7.26%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin slumped 628 bps in 2022 and soared 448 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • El Pollo Loco Holdings' EBT Margin stood at 7.66% in 2022, then slumped by 30 bps to 5.36% in 2023, then grew by 27 bps to 6.81% in 2024, then gained by 11 bps to 7.57% in 2025, then rose by 20 bps to 9.1% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 9.1% (Q2 2026), 7.57% (Q4 2025), and 8.51% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 114.58 Bn 112.88 Bn 9.40 Bn 7.64%
2 Chipotle Mexican Grill 42.15 Bn 41.28 Bn 2.61 Bn 13.14%
3 Yum Brands 42.13 Bn 41.44 Bn 1.38 Bn 25.06%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.46 Bn 25.99 Bn 2.14 Bn 21.33%
5 Darden Restaurants 24.75 Bn 24.51 Bn 3.31 Bn 10.67%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.17 Bn 13.74 Bn 3.24 Bn 13.82%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.72 Bn 11.53 Bn 1.40 Bn 9.00%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.28 Bn 464.51 Mn 15.70%
9 Cava 10.34 Bn 9.94 Bn 797.57 Mn 2.21%
10 El Pollo Loco Holdings 471.99 Mn 468.09 Mn 40.62 Mn 9.10%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 1, 2026 9.10%
Dec 31, 2025 7.57%
Sep 24, 2025 8.51%
Jun 25, 2025 8.02%
Mar 26, 2025 6.54%
Dec 25, 2024 6.81%
Sep 25, 2024 7.14%
Jun 26, 2024 8.83%
Mar 27, 2024 6.99%
Dec 27, 2023 5.36%
Sep 27, 2023 10.14%
Jun 28, 2023 8.06%
Mar 29, 2023 6.00%
Dec 28, 2022 7.66%
Sep 28, 2022 5.66%
Jun 29, 2022 8.22%
Mar 30, 2022 2.74%
Dec 29, 2021 7.22%
Sep 29, 2021 11.94%
Jun 30, 2021 10.01%