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

El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) has disclosed Net Margin for 13 consecutive years, with 7.94% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 325.0% to 7.94% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 6.07% through Dec 2025, down 80.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 6.07% for FY2025, 80.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin hit 7.94% in Q4 2025 for El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 6.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 11.19% in Q4 2024 to a low of 1.92% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Net Margin has averaged 6.02% across 5 years, with a median of 5.69% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: crashed -570bps in 2023 and later surged 732bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 5.67% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 69bps to 9.58% in 2022, then crashed by -60bps to 3.88% in 2023, then soared by 189bps to 11.19% in 2024, then dropped by -29bps to 7.94% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Net Margin for LOCO at 7.94% in Q4 2025, 6.05% in Q3 2025, and 5.65% in Q2 2025.