El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2018 Financial Results

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El Pollo Loco (LOCO) PT Lowered to $16 at SunTrust

March 8, 2019 8:32 AM EST

SunTrust analyst Jake Bartlett lowered the price target on El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ: LOCO) to $16.00 (from $17.00) while maintaining a Hold rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. Adjusted EPS of $0.16 beat consensus of $0.14, driven by SSS of +4.4% vs. +3.0% estimate.

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El Pollo Loco (LOCO) PT Lowered to $17 at Guggenheim Following 4Q

March 8, 2019 8:18 AM EST

Guggenheim analyst Matthew DiFrisco lowered the price target on El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ: LOCO) to $17.00 (from $18.00) while maintaining a Buy rating following the company's 4Q. System SSS of 4.4% topped Guggenheim's below-consensus estimate by 200bps. $14.5mm Adj. EBITDA topped estimates by $1.2mm, reflecting 28bps better... More

El Pollo Loco (LOCO) Tops Q4 EPS by 2c, Revenues Miss, System-Wide Comp. Sales Up 4.4%; Offers FY19 EPS Guidance Below Consensus

March 7, 2019 4:17 PM EST

El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ: LOCO) reported Q4 EPS of $0.16, $0.02 better than the analyst estimate of $0.14. Revenue for the quarter came in at $101.1 million versus the consensus estimate of $104.4 million.

Total revenue, excluding franchise advertising fee revenue, increased 6.2% to $101.1 million compared to $95.2 million in the same period of 2017. Including $5.2 million of franchise advertising fee revenue related to franchise advertising fund contributions, required as part of new accounting guidance implementation, total revenue increased 11.6% to $106.3 million.System-wide comparable restaurant sales increased 4.4%, including a 3.7% increase for company-operated restaurants, and a 5.1% increase for franchised... More