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

El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) has disclosed Return on Sales for 13 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 3.0% to 0.08% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.06% through Dec 2025, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.06% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.08% in Q4 2025 for El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.02% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.06% across 5 years, with a median of 0.06% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: dropped -6bps in 2023 and later grew 7bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.06% in 2021, then surged by 69bps to 0.1% in 2022, then crashed by -60bps to 0.04% in 2023, then soared by 189bps to 0.11% in 2024, then fell by -29bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for LOCO at 0.08% in Q4 2025, 0.06% in Q3 2025, and 0.06% in Q2 2025.