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El Pollo Loco (LOCO) Q3 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
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El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO - Free Report) reported $120.4 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2024, representing no change year over year. EPS of $0.21 for the same period compares to $0.19 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $123.11 million, representing a surprise of -2.20%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +23.53%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.17.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how El Pollo Loco performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Stores at the End of Period - Franchise restaurants: 324 versus 325 estimated by three analysts on average.
Stores at the End of Period - Company-owned Restaurants: 172 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 172.
Comparable restaurant sales - System-wide: 2.7% compared to the 3.4% average estimate based on three analysts.
Stores at the End of Period - Total Restaurants: 496 compared to the 496 average estimate based on three analysts.
Comparable restaurant sales - Franchise restaurants: 2.7% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4.3%.
Comparable restaurant sales - Company-owned Restaurants: 11.3% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 2.2%.
Revenue- Franchise advertising fee revenue: $7.89 million versus $8.04 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6% change.
Revenue- Franchise revenue: $11.33 million compared to the $11.30 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.5% year over year.
Revenue- Company-operated restaurant revenue: $101.18 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $103.77 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.5%.
Shares of El Pollo Loco have returned -6.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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El Pollo Loco (LOCO) Q3 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO - Free Report) reported $120.4 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2024, representing no change year over year. EPS of $0.21 for the same period compares to $0.19 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $123.11 million, representing a surprise of -2.20%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +23.53%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.17.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how El Pollo Loco performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Stores at the End of Period - Franchise restaurants: 324 versus 325 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Stores at the End of Period - Company-owned Restaurants: 172 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 172.
- Comparable restaurant sales - System-wide: 2.7% compared to the 3.4% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Stores at the End of Period - Total Restaurants: 496 compared to the 496 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Comparable restaurant sales - Franchise restaurants: 2.7% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4.3%.
- Comparable restaurant sales - Company-owned Restaurants: 11.3% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 2.2%.
- Revenue- Franchise advertising fee revenue: $7.89 million versus $8.04 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6% change.
- Revenue- Franchise revenue: $11.33 million compared to the $11.30 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Company-operated restaurant revenue: $101.18 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $103.77 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.5%.
View all Key Company Metrics for El Pollo Loco here>>>Shares of El Pollo Loco have returned -6.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.