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El Pollo Loco price to free cash flow LOCO

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2015.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
10.7×
10-year median
17.5×
Against its 10-year history
3rd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
9.8× to 99.2×
Peer median
12.4×

El Pollo Loco's price to free cash flow is 10.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 17.5×, lower than on 97% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.8× in May 2025 to 99.2× in Jun 2020.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 12.4×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far10.7×10.5×19.1×
202515.2×9.8×16.2×
202412.1×10.4×17.1×
202310.8×10.1×33.0×
202225.8×11.2×28.5×
202115.1×12.5×26.0×
202022.9×13.3×99.2×
201929.1×22.0×47.3×
201840.9×15.8×45.0×
201716.9×16.8×40.6×
201635.2×15.7×41.4×
201530.7×24.8×127×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest El Pollo Loco's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
LOCOEl Pollo Loco10.7×
NATHNathans Famous21.9×
BRCBBlack Rock Coffee Barn/m
PZZAPapa Johns International17.4×
PTLOPortillo'sn/m
FWRGFirst Watch Restaurantn/m
BLMNBloomin' Brands5.1×
JACKJack in the Box7.5×
SGSweetgreenn/m
WENWendy's4.5×
BJRIBJs RESTAURANTS INC26.1×
Peer median12.4×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.