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El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Free Cash Flow history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at $19.0 million for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 34.65% year-over-year to $19.0 million; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached $34.4 million, down 14.11%, while the annual FY2024 figure was $42.8 million, 121.18% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q3 2025 was $19.0 million at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from $9.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $23.4 million in Q2 2021 and bottomed at -$6.1 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $4.9 million (2024), against an average of $7.6 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Free Cash Flow crashed 383.84% in 2022 before it soared 7756.6% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $5.4 million in 2021, then tumbled by 104.52% to -$245000.0 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 975.1% to $2.1 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 129.38% to $4.9 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 286.82% to $19.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Free Cash Flow are $19.0 million (Q3 2025), $9.1 million (Q2 2025), and $1.3 million (Q1 2025).