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

Historic Operating Margin for El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) over the last 13 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 9.43%.

  • El Pollo Loco Holdings' Operating Margin rose 10100.0% to 9.43% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 8.48%, marking a year-over-year increase of 700.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 8.7% for FY2024, which is 2100.0% up from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that El Pollo Loco Holdings reported Operating Margin of 9.43% as of Q3 2025, which was up 10100.0% from 8.98% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, El Pollo Loco Holdings' Operating Margin peaked at 12.31% during Q3 2021, and registered a low of 3.02% during Q1 2022.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 8.33% (2024), whereas its average is 8.2%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, El Pollo Loco Holdings' Operating Margin crashed by -65900bps in 2022 and then soared by 56500bps in 2023.
  • El Pollo Loco Holdings' Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 7.73% in 2021, then grew by 6bps to 8.2% in 2022, then fell by -19bps to 6.65% in 2023, then increased by 19bps to 7.9% in 2024, then increased by 19bps to 9.43% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 9.43% in Q3 2025, 8.98% for Q2 2025, and 7.53% during Q1 2025.