secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606366-26-000032
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud

El Pollo Loco Q1 revenue $126.2M, net income $8.2M, raises 2026 outlook
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- Total revenue $126.2M vs $119.2M in Q1 2025, a 5.9% increase.
- System-wide comparable restaurant sales rose 5.8% year-over-year.
- Net income $8.2M ($0.27/diluted share) vs $5.5M ($0.19/diluted share).
- Adjusted EBITDA $18.2M compared to $13.9M in the prior-year quarter.
- Company raises full-year 2026 outlook based on strong first-quarter results.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636626000032/0001606366-26-000032-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636626000032/loco-20260507x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-26-000032

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