El Pollo Loco

Profile

Total revenues (MM)	Total revenue growth
$413.7	5.1%
Systemwide restaurants	Avg sales per square foot
480	$690
Avg restaurant gross sq ft	Total employment
2,700	5,637

Corporate Name	El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
Sector	Quick Service Restaurants
Headquarters	Costa Mesa, CA
Primary SIC Code	5812 – Eating Places
Primary NAICS Code	722111 – Limited-Service Restaurants
Fiscal Year Ended	December 27, 2018

El Pollo Loco is a limited service restaurant that specialized in fire-grilling citrus -marinated chicken in front of customers and serves a variety of Mexican-inspired entrees that are created from their chicken. As of Jun 27, 2018, there were 480 restaurants systemwide across California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and Utah, comprised of 211 company-operated and 269 franchised restaurants.

Total revenues (MM)	$413.7	5.1%	$401.7	5.7%	5.2%	6.5%
Operating income (MM)	-$3.2	-56.6%	$6.8	-80.3%	-48.3%	-27.1%
Net income (MM)	$3.5	-80.9%	$8.6	-53.0%	-41.2%	N/A
Diluted EPS	$0.09	-80.7%	$0.22	-53.1%	-43.7%	N/A
Systemwide restaurants	480	1.7%	477	3.7%	4.8%	3.7%
Avg restaurant gross sq ft	2,700	-0.1%	2,700	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.3%
Avg sales per restaurant (M)	$1,849	-0.2%	$1,823	-2.3%	-1.7%	2.0%
Avg sales per square foot	$690	0.0%	$680	-2.0%	-1.5%	1.6%
Net advertising spending (MM)	N/A	N/A	$15.5	5.4%	4.7%	6.7%
Total employment	N/A	N/A	5,637	5.3%	6.3%	N/A