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

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Gross Margin history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 79.53% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Gross Margin rose 297.0% year-over-year to 79.53%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 79.39%, up 4970.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 78.71%, 5052.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q3 2025 was 79.53% at El Pollo Loco Holdings, down from 80.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 183.76% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 124.72% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 76.55% (2024), against an average of 51.51%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin crashed -30848bps in 2022 before it skyrocketed 15557bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 183.76% in 2021, then crashed by -168bps to 124.72% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 39bps to 76.55% in 2023, then soared by 203bps to 79.02% in 2024, then grew by 1bps to 79.53% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Gross Margin are 79.53% (Q3 2025), 80.48% (Q2 2025), and 78.46% (Q1 2025).