El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) Institutional Ownership

Institutions by Trading Activity

Ownership Statistics

29,100,000Shares Outstanding

4,813,846Shares held by institutions

$51,171,183Value of institutional holdings

85.56%Institutional ownership %

0.58%Shares Changed QoQ

132No. of institutional investors

Shares Owned by Institutions

Shares Purchased/Sold by Institutions

Ownership Summary

A total of 132 institutions have reported a stake in El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO) as of December 2025, according to recent 13F filings with the SEC.

The percentage of El Pollo Loco Holdings owned by institutions changed from 87.2% in September 2025 to 85.6% in December 2025, marking a slight down trend.
In percentage terms, this reflects as a holdings change of 0.58% quarter on quarter, and a decrease of 2.94% year over year.
Among the 132 institutional holders of El Pollo Loco Holdings, 71 added to their stakes while 40 trimmed their positions and 21 held steady.
The total number of shares held by institutions in El Pollo Loco Holdings increased to 24.90Mn as of December 2025, a net change of up by 144.21K shares quarter on quarter, and down 1.01Mn shares year over year.
BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP.'s holding of 4.00Mn shares as of December 31, 2025 makes it the primary institutional investor in El Pollo Loco Holdings, owning 13.75% of the stock.
Among the most significant buyers of El Pollo Loco Holdings during December 2025 were GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (502.38K), Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. (211.90K), SEI INVESTMENTS CO (188.74K), NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO (114.04K), JANE STREET GROUP, LLC (92.27K).
Leading sellers of El Pollo Loco Holdings stock in December 2025 included WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC (842.03K), First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (194.00K), MORGAN STANLEY (175.89K), Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (144.99K), BlackRock, Inc. (131.72K).
The top 10 institutional holders of El Pollo Loco Holdings for the quarter ending December 2025 included BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP. (4.00Mn), BlackRock, Inc. (2.20Mn), DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP (2.00Mn), LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT (1.46Mn), VANGUARD GROUP INC (1.46Mn), GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (1.04Mn), Tieton Capital Management, LLC (852.58K), Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (692.66K), GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (653.98K), HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (652.43K).

132 Institutional Holders

4,813,846 Total Shares Held

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Owner Name	Date	Shares Held	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP.	31 Dec, 2025	4,000,000	0	0.00%	$41,840,000.00
BlackRock, Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	2,200,016	-131,721	-5.65%	$23,012,166.00
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	31 Dec, 2025	2,001,301	-16,129	-0.80%	$20,933,659.00
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT	31 Dec, 2025	1,456,852	-32,200	-2.16%	$15,239.00
VANGUARD GROUP INC	31 Dec, 2025	1,455,344	55,312	3.95%	$15,222,899.00
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	31 Dec, 2025	1,037,293	502,378	93.92%	$10,850,084.00
Tieton Capital Management, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	852,584	-615	-0.07%	$8,918.00
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP	31 Dec, 2025	692,665	-144,985	-17.31%	$7,245,276.00
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	653,977	26,027	4.14%	$6,842,095.00
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	31 Dec, 2025	652,433	21,530	3.41%	$6,824,449.00
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	31 Dec, 2025	596,444	6,357	1.08%	$6,238,804.00
STATE STREET CORP	31 Dec, 2025	574,406	14,058	2.51%	$6,008,287.00
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	571,296	211,900	58.96%	$5,975,757.00
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	547,793	-194,000	-26.15%	$5,729,915.00
BIGLARI, SARDAR	31 Dec, 2025	489,247	0	0.00%	$5,117,524.00
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC	31 Dec, 2025	432,054	59,014	15.82%	$4,519,285.00
Nuveen, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	417,949	-42,982	-9.33%	$4,371,747.00
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	372,203	-19,738	-5.04%	$3,893,243.00
Rodgers Brothers Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	357,075	11,925	3.46%	$3,735,005.00
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	329,208	-842,027	-71.89%	$3,443,516.00

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