secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-22-000048
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q2 revenue up 1.7% to $124.1M net income down 19% to $7.1M
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- Diluted EPS $0.20 vs $0.24; pro forma EPS $0.21 vs $0.29 (down 28%).
- Income from operations $10.4M vs $12.7M; adjusted EBITDA $15.4M vs $19.9M.
- Restaurant contribution margin 15.0% vs 20.8% on higher cost pressure.
- System-wide comparable restaurant sales increased 7.5% year-over-year.
- Total revenue $124.1M vs $122.0M; growth driven by menu price increases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636622000048/0001606366-22-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636622000048/loco-20220804x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-22-000048

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