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

El Pollo Loco Holdings' Return on Sales history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.06% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.05%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.05%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q3 2025 was 0.06% at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.12% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.06% (2023), against an average of 0.06%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 4bps in 2021 before it dropped -8bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.07% in 2021, then rose by 5bps to 0.08% in 2022, then plummeted by -38bps to 0.05% in 2023, then plummeted by -43bps to 0.03% in 2024, then soared by 124bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LOCO's Return on Sales are 0.06% (Q3 2025), 0.06% (Q2 2025), and 0.05% (Q1 2025).