El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)

El Pollo Loco Holdings has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 13 years of filings, most recently posting 8.51% for Q2 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 8.51%, up 67.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 8.51% (up 67.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.08%, up 11.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.51% for Q2 2026 at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 8.0% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 8.51% in Q2 2026 to a low of 1.38% in Q3 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.73% (2023), against an average of 5.9%.
• Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 658 bps in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 658 bps in 2024.
• El Pollo Loco Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.67% in 2022, then plunged by 75 bps to 1.41% in 2023, then jumped by 467 bps to 7.99% in 2024, then climbed by 0 bps to 8.0% in 2025, then rose by 6 bps to 8.51% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.51% (Q2 2026), 8.0% (Q4 2025), and 7.69% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.