secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-24-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q4 2023 revenue $112.2M; diluted EPS $0.14 vs $0.18 prior year
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- Revenue of $112.2M, down 3.2% YoY from $115.9M; system-wide comp restaurant sales up 0.9%.
- GAAP net income $4.4M ($0.14 diluted EPS) vs $6.5M ($0.18); adjusted net income $5.2M ($0.16 adj EPS), flat YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $13.6M vs $13.3M; restaurant contribution margin improved to 15.8% from 14.7%.
- Income from operations $7.5M vs $9.5M; no guidance provided.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000008/0001606366-24-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000008/loco-20240307x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-24-000008

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