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El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Operating Income (2016 - 2025)

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Operating Income history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at $11.5 million for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Operating Income rose 13.03% year-over-year to $11.5 million; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached $40.8 million, up 2.97%, while the annual FY2024 figure was $41.2 million, 3.46% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Income for Q3 2025 was $11.5 million at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from $11.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Income topped out at $14.2 million in Q3 2021 and bottomed at $3.3 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Income is $9.7 million (2024), against an average of $9.7 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Income tumbled 51.81% in 2022 before it surged 133.46% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at $8.4 million in 2021, then grew by 12.94% to $9.5 million in 2022, then fell by 21.52% to $7.5 million in 2023, then rose by 21.08% to $9.0 million in 2024, then increased by 26.83% to $11.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Operating Income are $11.5 million (Q3 2025), $11.3 million (Q2 2025), and $9.0 million (Q1 2025).