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El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2025)

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Interest Coverage Ratio history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 10.21 for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 54.74% year-over-year to 10.21; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 8.53, up 30.96%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 6.98, 15.62% down from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q3 2025 was 10.21 at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 9.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 63.56 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 5.15 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 9.91 (2023), against an average of 15.31.
  • The largest annual shift saw Interest Coverage Ratio surged 100.35% in 2021 before it crashed 84.41% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 19.81 in 2021, then plummeted by 33.34% to 13.2 in 2022, then crashed by 61.0% to 5.15 in 2023, then soared by 37.93% to 7.1 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 43.79% to 10.21 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Interest Coverage Ratio are 10.21 (Q3 2025), 9.37 (Q2 2025), and 7.63 (Q1 2025).