secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-24-000046
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q3 revenue flat at $120.4M; comp sales +2.7%, net income falls to $6.2M
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- System-wide comparable restaurant sales increased 2.7% YoY.
- Income from operations was $10.1M, down from $13.7M in Q3 2023.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.21 vs $0.28; adjusted diluted EPS $0.21 vs $0.19.
- Restaurant contribution margin improved to 16.7% from 14.4%.
- Adjusted EBITDA rose to $15.5M from $15.0M in the prior year period.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000046/0001606366-24-000046-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000046/loco-20241031x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-24-000046

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