El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
NASDAQ: LOCO · Real-Time Price · USD
11.29
+0.07 (0.62%)
Dec 5, 2025, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed

El Pollo Loco Holdings Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for El Pollo Loco Holdings stock has a target of 18, which predicts an increase of 59.43% from the current stock price of 11.29.

Analyst Consensus: Buy
Target Low Average Median High
Price $18 $18 $18 $18
Change +59.43% +59.43% +59.43% +59.43%
* Price targets were last updated on Mar 11, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for El Pollo Loco Holdings stock from 2 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25
Strong Buy 111111
Buy 000000
Hold 222221
Sell 000000
Strong Sell 000000
Total 333332

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
Craig-Hallum
Craig-Hallum
Strong Buy
Initiates
$18
Strong Buy Initiates $18 +59.43% Mar 11, 2025
Benchmark
Benchmark
Hold
Reiterates
n/a
Hold Reiterates n/a n/a Mar 10, 2025
Truist Securities
Truist Securities
Hold
Maintains
$12$13
Hold Maintains $12$13 +15.15% Aug 2, 2024
Benchmark
Benchmark
Hold
Reiterates
n/a
Hold Reiterates n/a n/a May 23, 2024
Truist Securities
Truist Securities
Hold
Maintains
$10$12
Hold Maintains $10$12 +6.29% May 3, 2024
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
499.84M
from 473.01M
Increased by 5.67%
Revenue Next Year
508.04M
from 499.84M
Increased by 1.64%
EPS This Year
0.96
from 0.86
Increased by 12.08%
EPS Next Year
0.97
from 0.96
Increased by 0.79%
Fiscal Year FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Period Ending Dec 30, 2020 Dec 29, 2021 Dec 28, 2022 Dec 27, 2023 Dec 25, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
426.09M454.36M469.96M468.66M473.01M499.84M508.04M
Revenue Growth
-3.67%6.64%3.43%-0.28%0.93%5.67%1.64%
EPS
0.680.800.570.740.860.960.97
EPS Growth
1.49%17.65%-28.75%29.83%16.22%12.08%0.79%
Forward PE
-----11.7111.62
No. Analysts -----77
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 20252026
High 517.6M 528.8M
Avg 499.8M 508.0M
Low 477.1M 483.9M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 20252026
High
9.4%
5.8%
Avg
5.7%
1.6%
Low
0.9%
-3.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS 20252026
High 1.02 1.07
Avg 0.96 0.97
Low 0.91 0.86

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 20252026
High
18.4%
11.1%
Avg
12.1%
0.8%
Low
6.0%
-10.5%
Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.