LOCOEl Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and insiders net selling (often routine).
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +3% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How LOCO is trading
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. is +51% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 35 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +3.0%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 50
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 16%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $14.42
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +1.5%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +51%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +8.1%
- vs 50-day average$15.04
- −4.2%
- 52-week high
- $17.20
- 52-week low
- $9.06
- Annualised volatility
- 36%
- Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $10M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +38% |
| 2025 | −9.4% |
| 2024 | +31% |
| 2023 | −11% |
| 2022 | −19% |
| 2021 | −22% |
| 2020 | +20% |
| 2019 | −0.20% |
| 2018 | +53% |
| 2017 | −20% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 7 of 10 | +3.7% |
| Feb | 10 | 2 of 10 | −2.8% |
| Mar | 10 | 2 of 10 | −7.6% |
| Apr | 10 | 4 of 10 | +2.3% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | +5.3% |
| Jun | 10 | 8 of 10 | +4.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 6 of 11 | +3.8% |
| Aug | 11 | 5 of 11 | −1.9% |
| Sep | 11 | 3 of 11 | −2.5% |
| Oct | 11 | 4 of 11 | −0.95% |
| Nov | 10 | 7 of 10 | +7.2% |
| Dec | 10 | 3 of 10 | −0.32% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.