El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Tops Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

分组1 - El Pollo Loco Holdings reported quarterly earnings of $0.20 per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of$0.13 per share, and showing an increase from $0.16 per share a year ago, resulting in an earnings surprise of 53.85$114.28 million for the quarter ended December 2024, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1%, and up from $112.25 million year-over-year [2] - El Pollo Loco has outperformed consensus EPS estimates for four consecutive quarters and has topped consensus revenue estimates three times in the last four quarters [2] 分组2 - The stock has underperformed the market, losing about 8.8% since the beginning of the year, compared to the S&P 500's decline of -0.7% [3] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is $0.20 on revenues of$117.08 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is $0.95 on revenues of$491.64 million [7] - The Retail - Restaurants industry, to which El Pollo Loco belongs, is currently ranked in the top 27% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating a favorable outlook for the sector [8]