secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-22-000063
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q3 net income down 51% to $5.0M; adjusted EBITDA falls 39%
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- Total revenue $119.9M (+3.6% YoY); system-wide comp sales up 3.8%.
- Income from operations $6.9M vs $14.2M; restaurant contribution margin 12.4% vs 20.4%.
- Net income $5.0M ($0.14 diluted EPS) vs $10.2M ($0.28); pro forma EPS $0.14.
- Adjusted EBITDA $11.6M vs $18.9M; prior year included $3.2M CARES credit.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636622000063/0001606366-22-000063-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636622000063/loco-20221103x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-22-000063

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