El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, currently trading at $13.89. It has a SharesGrow Score of 51/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of LOCO = $15.95 (+14.8% from the current price, the stock appears fairly valued). Analyst consensus target is LOCO = $12 (-11.8% upside).
Valuation: LOCO trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 15.3 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.11.
Financials: revenue is $490M, +1.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $26M, growing at +8.8%/yr. Net profit margin is 5.4% (thin). Gross margin is 28.6% (+10.8 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $240M against $291M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.82, moderate). Current ratio is 0.08 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 39.5%. Total assets: $607M.
Analyst outlook: 5 / 12 analysts rate LOCO as buy (42%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 52/100 (Partial), Growth 55/100 (Partial), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 37/100 (Fail), Future 16/100 (Fail), Income 45/100 (Partial).
