---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606366-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T00:32:20.430942+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco Q1 revenue up to $116.2M; adjusted EPS $0.22 vs $0.14 YoY

## Summary
- Total revenue $116.2M, up from $114.5M; system-wide comp sales +5.1%.
- Net income $5.9M ($0.19 diluted EPS) vs $4.9M ($0.13) in prior year.
- Adjusted net income $6.8M ($0.22 diluted EPS) vs $4.9M ($0.14).
- Restaurant contribution margin improved to 17.6% from 15.0%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $15.7M, up from $12.2M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606366-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000025/0001606366-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000025/loco-20240502x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-24-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. reported first quarter ended March 27, 2024 results: revenue $116.2 million, net income $5.9 million, EPS $0.19 per diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 27, 2024
  - Revenue: $116.2 million
  - Net income: $5.9 million
  - EPS: $0.19 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: period ended March 27, 2024. Highlights for the first quarter ended March 27, 2024 compared to the first quarter ended March 29, 2023 were as follows: ● Total revenue was $116.2 million compared to $114.5 million. ● System-wide comparable restaurant sales (1) increased by 5.1%. ● Income from operations was $9.7 million compared to $7.8 million. ● Restaurant
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000025/0001606366-24-000025-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.