El Pollo Loco Holdings (El Pollo Loco Holdings) Risk Assessment

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What is El Pollo Loco Holdings Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of El Pollo Loco Holdings is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

Competitive Comparison of El Pollo Loco Holdings's Risk Assessment

For the Restaurants subindustry, El Pollo Loco Holdings's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, El Pollo Loco Holdings's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where El Pollo Loco Holdings's Risk Assessment falls into.

El Pollo Loco Holdings (NAS:LOCO) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

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

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

EP6:Germany

Address

3535 Harbor Boulevard, Suite 100, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, 92626

Website

https://www.elpolloloco.com

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