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

El Pollo Loco Holdings has disclosed Operating Margin across 14 years of filings, most recently posting 9.68% for Q2 2026.

• Operating Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 9.68%, up 215.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 9.11% (up 61.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.58%, down 12.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin came in at 9.68% for Q2 2026 at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 8.35% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 11.37% in Q3 2023 to a low of 22.28% in Q4 2023.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 8.35% (2025), against an average of 6.4%.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 3048 bps in 2023 and soared 3018 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• El Pollo Loco Holdings' Operating Margin stood at 8.2% in 2022, then plunged by 372 bps to 22.28% in 2023, then surged by 135 bps to 7.9% in 2024, then grew by 6 bps to 8.35% in 2025, then grew by 16 bps to 9.68% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 9.68% (Q2 2026), 8.35% (Q4 2025), and 9.43% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.