El Pollo Loco (LOCO)

Cash burn rate (est.)	Burn method: Change in cash		Burn method: Operating income		Burn method: FCF (opex + capex)
	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q
Cash on hand (at last report)	7.90 mm	7.90 mm	7.90 mm	7.90 mm	7.90 mm	7.90 mm
Cash burn (monthly)	856.67 k	493.33 k	(no burn)	(no burn)	(no burn)	(no burn)
Cash used (since last report)	3.58 mm	2.06 mm	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cash remaining	4.31 mm	5.83 mm	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Runway (months of cash)	5.0	11.8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial data from company earnings reports.

Institutional ownership, Q3 2024

LOCO institutional ownership history Ownership history

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	127	121	+5.0%
Opened positions	24	25	-4.0%
Closed positions	18	21	-14.3%
Increased positions	37	42	-11.9%
Reduced positions	43	35	+22.9%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	328.33 bn	273.10 bn	+20.2%
Total shares	30.26 mm	30.06 mm	+0.7%
Total puts	1.90 k	51.10 k	-96.3%
Total calls	34.40 k	39.00 k	-11.8%
Total put/call ratio	0.1	1.3	-95.8%

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
Biglari Capital	4.00 mm	$54.80 bn	0.0%
BlackRock	2.36 mm	$32.38 bn	NEW
Dimensional Fund Advisors	2.22 mm	$30.46 bn	+1.9%
Fund 1 Investments	2.08 mm	$28.50 bn	+1.1%
Cibc Employee Private Equity Fund Us I L P	1.66 mm	$15.31 mm	0.0%
CapitalSpring Finance	1.57 mm	$0.00	0.0%
FS Capital Partners V	1.53 mm	$12.89 mm	0.0%
Vanguard	1.38 mm	$18.88 bn	-2.1%
William Blair Investment Management	1.37 mm	$18.80 bn	-3.0%
LSV Asset Management	1.27 mm	$17.35 mm	+225.0%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
BLK BlackRock	0.00	-2.38 mm	EXIT
BlackRock	2.36 mm	+2.36 mm	NEW
LSV Asset Management	1.27 mm	+876.83 k	+225.0%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	634.54 k	+466.87 k	+278.4%
Biglari, Sardar	489.25 k	+369.25 k	+307.7%
Divisadero Street Capital Management	249.57 k	-339.38 k	-57.6%
MS Morgan Stanley	224.22 k	-291.90 k	-56.6%
Nuveen Asset Management	291.81 k	+229.12 k	+365.5%
Invenomic Capital Management	0.00	-209.49 k	EXIT
Assenagon Asset Management	151.02 k	-195.12 k	-56.4%

Data from 13F filings, for the last complete 13F reporting period. For most recent data, click the ownership history button. Values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

Recent insider trades

LOCO insider ownership history Insider history

Date	Owner	Security	Transaction	Code	Indirect	10b5-1	$Price	#Shares	$Value	#Remaining
7 Nov 24	Fils Ira	COMMON STOCK	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	12.91	6,659	85.97 k	106,035
7 Nov 24	Maria Hollandsworth	Common Stock	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	12.91	9,126	117.82 k	106,139
23 Aug 24	Fils Ira	COMMON STOCK	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	13.36	4,731	63.21 k	112,694
22 Aug 24	Biglari, Sardar	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Buy	Acquire P	Yes	No	13.48	4,516	60.88 k	369,247
21 Aug 24	Biglari, Sardar	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Buy	Acquire P	Yes	No	13.59	43,161	586.56 k	364,731
20 Aug 24	Biglari, Sardar	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Buy	Acquire P	Yes	No	13.42	100,000	1.34 mm	321,570
19 Aug 24	Biglari, Sardar	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Buy	Acquire P	Yes	No	13.46	62,329	838.95 k	221,570
16 Aug 24	Biglari, Sardar	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Buy	Acquire P	Yes	No	13.13	21,325	280.00 k	159,241
15 Aug 24	Biglari, Sardar	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Buy	Acquire P	Yes	No	13	50,554	657.20 k	137,916
14 Aug 24	Biglari, Sardar	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Buy	Acquire P	Yes	No	12.47	62,362	777.65 k	87,362

Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Values as filed, not updated for current price.

Press releases

From Benzinga Pro

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. to Participate at the 27th Annual ICR Conference

8 Jan 25

COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. ("El Pollo Loco") (NASDAQ:LOCO) today announced that it will host a fireside chat discussion as part of the 27th Annual ICR Conference

Double Pollo Fit Bowls are Back for a Limited Time Only

12 Dec 24

COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco, the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain, announced today that the fan-favorite Double Pollo Fit Bowls are returning to menus