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

El Pollo Loco Holdings has disclosed Gross Margin across 14 years of filings, most recently posting 32.19% for Q2 2026.

• Gross Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 32.19%, up 150.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 2.77% (down 994.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 31.9%, up 107.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin came in at 32.19% for Q2 2026 at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 109.38% 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 119.13% in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 32.31% (2025), against an average of 40.68%.
• Across the five-year window, Gross Margin surged 16843 bps in 2023 and sank 35204 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• El Pollo Loco Holdings' Gross Margin stood at 64.48% in 2022, then jumped by 261 bps to 232.91% in 2023, then tumbled by 151 bps to 119.13% in 2024, then climbed by 8 bps to 109.38% in 2025, then surged by 129 bps to 32.19% in 2026.
• The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 32.19% (Q2 2026), 109.38% (Q4 2025), and 32.31% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.