El Pollo Ownership

LOCO Stock  USD 11.28  0.29  2.64%   
El Pollo Loco secures a total of 29.94 Million outstanding shares. The majority of El Pollo Loco outstanding shares are owned by institutions. These other corporate entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to obtain positions in El Pollo Loco to benefit from reduced commissions. Thereupon, outside corporations are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in El Pollo Loco. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of El Pollo as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Also note that roughly two million three hundred sixty-two thousand two hundred three invesors are currently shorting El Pollo expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2013-03-31
Previous Quarter
30 M
Current Value
29 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
36 M
Quarterly Volatility
3.3 M
 
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as El Pollo in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of El Pollo, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
  
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LOCO Stock Ownership Analysis

About 99.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book ratio of 1.32. Typically companies with comparable Price to Book (P/B) are able to outperform the market in the long run. El Pollo Loco has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.16. The entity last dividend was issued on the 21st of October 2022. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. El Pollo operates under Restaurants classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 4626 people. To find out more about El Pollo Loco contact Elizabeth Williams at 714 599 5000 or learn more at https://www.elpolloloco.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, El Pollo also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different El Pollo's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align El Pollo's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

El Pollo Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

589.97 Million

El Pollo Insider Trades History

About 9.0% of El Pollo Loco are currently held by insiders. Unlike El Pollo's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against El Pollo's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of El Pollo's insider trades
 
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LOCO Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as El Pollo is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading El Pollo Loco backward and forwards among themselves. El Pollo's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase El Pollo's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Geode Capital Management, Llc2024-12-31
582.6 K
Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership2024-09-30
578.8 K
Biglari, Sardar2024-12-31
489.2 K
Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, Llc2024-12-31
453.4 K
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.2024-12-31
382.7 K
Renaissance Technologies Corp2024-12-31
363 K
Bridgeway Capital Management, Llc2024-12-31
333.9 K
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2024-09-30
291.8 K
Prudential Financial Inc2024-12-31
289.7 K
Biglari Capital Corp.2024-12-31
M
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
2.3 M
Note, although El Pollo's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

El Pollo Loco Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific El Pollo insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on El Pollo's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases El Pollo insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

El Pollo Outstanding Bonds

El Pollo issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. El Pollo Loco uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most LOCO bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when El Pollo Loco has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

El Pollo Corporate Filings

14th of February 2025
Other Reports
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12th of February 2025
Other Reports
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27th of January 2025
Other Reports
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8K
13th of January 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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When determining whether El Pollo Loco offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of El Pollo's financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of El Pollo Loco Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on El Pollo Loco Stock:
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Is Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of El Pollo. If investors know LOCO will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about El Pollo listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.24)
Earnings Share
0.79
Revenue Per Share
15.422
Return On Assets
0.0435
Return On Equity
0.0937
The market value of El Pollo Loco is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of LOCO that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of El Pollo's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is El Pollo's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because El Pollo's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect El Pollo's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between El Pollo's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if El Pollo is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, El Pollo's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.