secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-23-000031
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q2 revenue $121.5M (-2.1% YoY); adjusted EPS $0.23 vs $0.21
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- Total revenue $121.5M, down from $124.1M; system-wide comparable restaurant sales -3.4%.
- Income from operations $10.9M vs $10.4M; net income flat at $7.1M ($0.20 diluted EPS).
- Adjusted net income $8.0M ($0.23 diluted EPS) vs $7.6M ($0.21); adjusted EBITDA $16.6M vs $15.4M.
- Restaurant contribution margin improved to 16.9% from 15.0% of company-operated revenue.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636623000031/0001606366-23-000031-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636623000031/loco-20230803x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-23-000031

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