LOCO - NASDAQ
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
$13.88
-2.5%El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. As of May 04, 2022, the company operated 480 restaurants comprising 189 company-operated and 291 franchised restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses one restaurant in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.
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| Metric | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $44.2M | $40.6M | $37.2M | $34.2M | $31.4M | $28.9M | $26.5M | $24.3M | $22.4M | $20.5M |
| Maintenance CapEx | -$4.2M | -$3.8M | -$3.5M | -$3.2M | -$3.0M | -$2.7M | -$2.5M | -$2.3M | -$2.1M | -$1.9M |
| Owner Earnings | $40.0M | $36.7M | $33.7M | $31.0M | $28.5M | $26.1M | $24.0M | $22.1M | $20.3M | $18.6M |
| Discount Factor | 0.926 | 0.857 | 0.794 | 0.735 | 0.681 | 0.630 | 0.583 | 0.540 | 0.500 | 0.463 |
| Present Value | $37.0M | $31.5M | $26.8M | $22.8M | $19.4M | $16.5M | $14.0M | $11.9M | $10.1M | $8.6M |
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