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

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Return on Invested Capital history spans 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.09%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.1%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.09% at El Pollo Loco Holdings, roughly flat from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.13% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q3 2022.
  • The 4-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.1% (2024), against an average of 0.11%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital increased 5bps in 2023 before it dropped -4bps in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.07% in 2022, then surged by 77bps to 0.12% in 2023, then decreased by -13bps to 0.1% in 2024, then decreased by -9bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Return on Invested Capital are 0.09% (Q3 2025), 0.09% (Q2 2025), and 0.1% (Q1 2025).