El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc reports results for the quarter ended September 30 - Earnings Summary

• El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc LOCO.OQ reported quarterly adjusted earnings of 27 cents​​ per share for the quarter ended September 30, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 21 cents. The mean expectation of five analysts for the quarter was for earnings of 21 cents per share. Wall Street expected results to range from 20 cents to 23 cents per share.

• Revenue rose 0.9% to $121.52 million from a year ago; analysts expected $123.41 million.

• El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc's reported EPS for the quarter was 25 cents​.

• The company reported quarterly net income of $7.36 million.

• El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc shares had fallen by 2.0% this quarter and lost 17.6% so far this year.

FORECAST CHANGES

• The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by about 3.8% in the last three months.​

• In the last 30 days, one analyst negatively revised an earnings estimate

RECOMMENDATIONS

• The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy," 3 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." The average consensus recommendation for the restaurants & bars peer group is also "buy"

• Wall Street's median 12-month price target for El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc is $15.00, about 36.6% above its last closing price of $9.51

This summary was machine generated from LSEG data October 30 at 09:01 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)