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El Pollo Loco Holdings (El Pollo Loco Holdings) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : Negative Tangible Equity% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is El Pollo Loco Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. El Pollo Loco Holdings's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $23.6 Mil. El Pollo Loco Holdings's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-57.1 Mil. Therefore, El Pollo Loco Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was Negative Tangible Equity%.

The historical rank and industry rank for El Pollo Loco Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LOCO' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: Negative Tangible Equity

LOCO's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
99.68% of 316 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 11.605 vs LOCO: Negative Tangible Equity

El Pollo Loco Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for El Pollo Loco Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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El Pollo Loco Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

El Pollo Loco Holdings Annual Data
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El Pollo Loco Holdings Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of El Pollo Loco Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Restaurants subindustry, El Pollo Loco Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


El Pollo Loco Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, El Pollo Loco Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where El Pollo Loco Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



El Pollo Loco Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

El Pollo Loco Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=25.554/( (-29.414+-59.866 )/ 2 )
=25.554/-44.64
=Negative Tangible Equity %

El Pollo Loco Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=23.648/( (-59.866+-54.273)/ 2 )
=23.648/-57.0695
=Negative Tangible Equity %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


El Pollo Loco Holdings  (NAS:LOCO) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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El Pollo Loco Holdings (El Pollo Loco Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3535 Harbor Boulevard, Suite 100, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, 92626
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc operates and franchises hundreds of fast-casual chicken restaurants in the United States. Restaurant locations are typically free-standing and include drive-thrus, and menus include many low-priced options. Poultry is the company's largest food cost, accounting for roughly 38% of total food and paper cost, and the company manages that commodity price risk by using multiple suppliers and entering supply contracts of varying lengths depending on market conditions.
Executives
Sardar Biglari, 10 percent owner C/O BIGLARI HOLDINGS INC., 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
Biglari Holdings Inc. 10 percent owner 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
John M Roth director 299 PARK AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10171
Fs Capital Partners V, Llc 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 1900, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Biglari Capital Corp. 10 percent owner 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
Lion Fund Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
Laurance Roberts officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC., 3535 HARBOR BLVD., SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Maria Hollandsworth officer: Chief Operating Officer 3535 HARBOR BLVD, STE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Fs Equity Partners V Lp 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Fs Affiliates V, L.p. 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 1900, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
John M. Roth director, 10 percent owner C/O EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC., 3535 HARBOR BLVD., SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Ira Fils officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC., 3535 HARBOR BLVD., SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92614
Miguel Lozano officer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 3535 HARBOR BLVD., # 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Deborah Gonzalez director 3535 HARBOR BLVD., SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Faginas Cody Nancy director 3535 HARBOR BLVD, SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626