El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

For the period ended Mar 12, 2026. Filed Mar 12, 2026.

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Mar 12, 2026 · Filed Mar 12, 2026

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EX-99.1 · (in thousands, except share data)

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· · Fourteen Weeks Ended · · Thirteen Weeks Ended · · Fifty-Three Weeks Ended · · Fifty-Two Weeks Ended
· · December 31, 2025 · · December 25, 2024 · · December 31, 2025 · · December 25, 2024
· · $ · · % · · $ · · % · · $ · · % · · $ · · %
Revenue:
Company-operated restaurant revenue	$102,413	82.9	$95,622	83.7	$405,817	82.8	$396,260	83.8
Franchise revenue	12,970	10.5	11,232	9.8	52,389	10.7	45,561	9.6
Franchise advertising fee revenue	8,132	6.6	7,430	6.5	31,840	6.5	31,187	6.6
Total revenue	123,515	100.0	114,284	100.0	490,046	100.0	473,008	100.0
Cost of operations:
Food and paper cost(1)	24,969	24.4	23,974	25.1	100,083	24.7	100,725	25.4
Labor and related expenses(1)	32,276	31.5	30,987	32.4	127,258	31.4	127,179	32.1
Occupancy and other operating expenses(1)	27,242	26.6	24,671	25.8	106,386	26.2	99,280	25.1
Company restaurant expenses(1)	84,487	82.5	79,632	83.3	333,727	82.2	327,184	82.6
General and administrative expenses	13,120	10.6	11,140	9.7	50,258	10.3	46,270	9.8
Franchise expenses	11,286	9.1	10,346	9.1	47,762	9.7	42,307	8.9
Depreciation and amortization	4,177	3.4	3,962	3.5	15,966	3.3	15,717	3.3
Loss on disposal of assets	150	0.1	40	0.0	277	0.1	221	0.0
Gain on recovery of insurance proceeds, property, equipment and expenses	—	—	—	—	—	—	(41)	(0.0)
Loss on disposition of restaurants	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	0.0
Impairment and closed-store reserves	(15)	(0.0)	130	0.1	11	0.0	175	0.0
Total expenses	113,205	91.7	105,250	92.1	448,001	91.4	431,840	91.3

Income from operations	10,310	8.3	9,034	7.9	42,045	8.6	41,168	8.7
Interest expense, net	965	0.8	1,272	1.1	4,470	0.9	5,899	1.2
Income tax receivable agreement income	—	—	(20)	(0.0)	—	—	(20)	(0.0)
Income before provision for income taxes	9,345	7.6	7,782	6.8	37,575	7.7	35,289	7.5
Provision for income taxes	2,805	2.3	1,829	1.6	11,089	2.3	9,605	2.1
Net income	$6,540	5.3	$5,953	5.2	$26,486	5.4	$25,684	5.4
Net income per share:
Basic	$0.22		$0.20		$0.91		$0.86
Diluted	$0.22		$0.20		$0.90		$0.86
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share:
Basic	29,259,460		29,183,115		29,178,940		29,850,256
Diluted	29,505,512		29,452,152		29,396,890		30,034,978

(1)	Percentages for line items relating to cost of operations and company restaurant expenses are calculated with company-operated restaurant revenue as the denominator. All other percentages use total revenue.

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