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

Ownership Summary

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO) showed up in the 13F filings of 137 institutional investors as of December 2025.

• These investors held 85.7% of outstanding shares in December 2025, down from 87.1% in September 2025.
• Their total shares held in LOCO increased 0.53% quarter over quarter, and separately, investors owning El Pollo Loco Holdings increased 0.74% from a year ago.
• Of these 137 holders, 72 added to their stakes in El Pollo Loco Holdings, 45 trimmed positions, and 20 made no changes.
• In total, institutional investors held 25.2Mn shares in El Pollo Loco Holdings as of December 2025, up by 132.49K shares quarter on quarter, and down 1.09Mn shares year over year.
• BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP. leads ownership in LOCO with 4.0Mn shares as of December 31, 2025, equal to 13.6% of outstanding shares.
• The biggest buyers of El Pollo Loco Holdings for the quarter ending December 2025 included VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (1.09Mn), First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (602.79K), MARSHALL WACE, LLP (525.19K), TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP (437.57K), Sei Investments Co (426.32K).
• The biggest sellers of El Pollo Loco Holdings for the quarter ending December 2025 included Goldman Sachs Group Inc (983.47K), Nuveen, LLC (371.57K), Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (260.37K), HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (126.97K), Trexquant Investment LP (83.78K).
• According to Business Quant data, leading holders of LOCO for December 2025 are BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP. (4.0Mn), BlackRock, Inc. (2.28Mn), DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP (2.01Mn), LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT (1.46Mn), First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (1.15Mn), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (1.09Mn), VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (1.09Mn), Tieton Capital Management, LLC (1.06Mn), GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (667.72K), TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP (642.11K).