secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-24-000025
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000025/0001606366-24-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000025/loco-20240502x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-24-000025

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