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

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

March 7, 2019 4:05 PM EST

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOCO) today announced financial results for the 13-week period ended December 26, 2018.

Highlights for the fourth quarter ended December 26, 2018, compared to the fourth quarter ended December 27, 2017 were as follows:

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... More