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El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Return on Capital Employed history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.08% for Q2 2025.

  • For Q2 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.08%; the TTM value through Jun 2025 reached 0.08%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.08%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2025 was 0.08% at El Pollo Loco Holdings, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.08% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.05% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.08% (2023), against an average of 0.07%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed rose 3bps in 2021 before it dropped -2bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then fell by -27bps to 0.06% in 2022, then surged by 35bps to 0.08% in 2023, then rose by 4bps to 0.08% in 2024, then fell by -4bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.08% (Q2 2025), 0.08% (Q1 2025), and 0.08% (Q4 2024).