secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-24-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q2 net income rises to $7.6M ($0.25/diluted) on 4.5% comp sales growth
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- Total revenue $122.2M (+0.6% YoY); system-wide comp sales up 4.5%.
- GAAP net income $7.6M ($0.25/diluted) vs $7.1M ($0.20) YoY.
- Adjusted net income $7.8M ($0.26/diluted); adjusted EBITDA $17.2M vs $16.6M.
- Income from operations $12.3M (10.1% margin) vs $10.9M (9.0% margin).
- Restaurant contribution margin improved to 18.6% from 16.9% of company-operated revenue.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000037/0001606366-24-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000037/loco-20240801x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-24-000037

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