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El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) has disclosed Gross Margin for 13 consecutive years, with 31.6% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 4681.0% to 31.6% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 66.99% through Dec 2025, up 74.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 31.9% for FY2025, 4711.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 31.6% in Q4 2025 for El Pollo Loco Holdings, down from 79.53% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 232.91% in Q4 2023 to a low of 124.72% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 58.02% across 5 years, with a median of 77.54% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: tumbled -33536bps in 2021 and later skyrocketed 35763bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 123.29% in 2021, then decreased by -1bps to 124.72% in 2022, then soared by 287bps to 232.91% in 2023, then crashed by -66bps to 78.41% in 2024, then tumbled by -60bps to 31.6% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for LOCO at 31.6% in Q4 2025, 79.53% in Q3 2025, and 78.75% in Q2 2025.