secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-21-000069
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q3 revenue up 4.2% to $115.7M; comp sales +9.3%; net income $0.28/sh
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- Total revenue $115.7M vs $111.0M a year ago; system-wide comparable restaurant sales up 9.3%.
- Net income $10.2M ($0.28 diluted) vs $9.9M ($0.28); pro forma net income $10.0M ($0.27).
- Income from operations $14.2M vs $12.2M; adjusted EBITDA $18.9M vs $19.3M.
- Restaurant contribution margin weakened to 20.4% from 22.4%; recognized $3.2M employee retention credit under CARES Act.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636621000069/0001606366-21-000069-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636621000069/loco-20211104x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-21-000069

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