secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-26-000012
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco reports Q4 revenue $123.5M, net income $6.5M, comps up 2.1%
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- Total revenue $123.5M vs $114.3M YoY (+8%); system-wide comparable sales +2.1%.
- Net income $6.5M ($0.22 diluted EPS) vs $6.0M ($0.20); adjusted EPS $0.25 vs $0.20.
- Adjusted EBITDA $16.9M vs $14.3M; restaurant contribution margin 17.5% vs 16.7%.
- Income from operations $10.3M vs $9.0M, reflecting margin improvement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636626000012/0001606366-26-000012-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636626000012/loco-20260312x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-26-000012

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