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El Pollo Loco Holdings (FRA:EP6) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : €0.67 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is El Pollo Loco Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

El Pollo Loco Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.042. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €0.67 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, El Pollo Loco Holdings's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 9.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

As of today (2025-05-21), El Pollo Loco Holdings's current stock price is €8.15. El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.67. El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 12.16.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of El Pollo Loco Holdings was 21.58. The lowest was 12.58. And the median was 15.70.


El Pollo Loco Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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El Pollo Loco Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

El Pollo Loco Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 0.56 0.59 0.71

El Pollo Loco Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.58 0.61 0.61 0.71 0.67

Competitive Comparison of El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Restaurants subindustry, El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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El Pollo Loco Holdings Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, El Pollo Loco Holdings's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.042/134.9266*134.9266
=0.042

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

El Pollo Loco Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.205 100.684 0.275
201509 0.136 100.392 0.183
201512 0.005 99.792 0.007
201603 0.117 100.470 0.157
201606 0.037 101.688 0.049
201609 0.148 101.861 0.196
201612 -0.032 101.863 -0.042
201703 0.180 102.862 0.236
201706 0.095 103.349 0.124
201709 0.267 104.136 0.346
201712 -0.140 104.011 -0.182
201803 0.118 105.290 0.151
201806 0.131 106.317 0.166
201809 0.201 106.507 0.255
201812 -0.074 105.998 -0.094
201903 0.130 107.251 0.164
201906 0.027 108.070 0.034
201909 0.351 108.329 0.437
201912 -0.009 108.420 -0.011
202003 -0.234 108.902 -0.290
202006 0.445 108.767 0.552
202009 0.484 109.815 0.595
202012 0.106 109.897 0.130
202103 0.049 111.754 0.059
202106 0.357 114.631 0.420
202109 0.275 115.734 0.321
202112 0.132 117.630 0.151
202203 -0.151 121.301 -0.168
202206 0.235 125.017 0.254
202209 0.163 125.227 0.176
202212 0.250 125.222 0.269
202303 -0.055 127.348 -0.058
202306 0.382 128.729 0.400
202309 0.130 129.860 0.135
202312 0.062 129.419 0.065
202403 0.208 131.776 0.213
202406 0.319 132.554 0.325
202409 0.280 133.029 0.284
202412 0.037 133.157 0.037
202503 0.042 134.927 0.042

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


El Pollo Loco Holdings  (FRA:EP6) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

El Pollo Loco Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=8.15/0.67
=12.16

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of El Pollo Loco Holdings was 21.58. The lowest was 12.58. And the median was 15.70.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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El Pollo Loco Holdings Business Description

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3535 Harbor Boulevard, Suite 100, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, 92626
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc operates and franchises hundreds of fast-casual chicken restaurants in the United States. Restaurant locations are typically free-standing and include drive-thrus, and menus include many low-priced options. Poultry is the company's largest food cost, accounting for roughly 38% of total food and paper cost, and the company manages that commodity price risk by using multiple suppliers and entering supply contracts of varying lengths depending on market conditions.

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