secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
======================================

Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-25-000027
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco Q1 revenue $119.2M (+2.6%), adjusted EPS $0.19 down from $0.22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Total revenue $119.2M vs $116.2M (+2.6%); system-wide comparable restaurant sales down 0.6%.
- Net income $5.5M ($0.19 diluted EPS) vs $5.9M ($0.19) prior; adjusted net income $5.5M ($0.19) vs $6.8M ($0.22).
- Adjusted EBITDA $13.9M vs $15.7M; restaurant contribution margin declined to 16.0% from 17.6%.
- Income from operations $9.0M vs $9.7M; margin compressed year over year.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636625000027/0001606366-25-000027-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636625000027/loco-20250501x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-25-000027

License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer