El Pollo Loco Ownership | Who Owns El Pollo Loco?

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El Pollo Loco Ownership Summary

El Pollo Loco is owned by 10.87% institutional investors, 2.89% insiders, and 86.24% retail investors. Biglari capital is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.75% of LOCO shares. Tieton Small Cap Value is the top mutual fund, with 3.53% of its assets in El Pollo Loco shares.

LOCO Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	El Pollo Loco	10.87%	2.89%	86.24%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.27%	14.14%	52.59%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	35.64%	11.34%	53.03%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Biglari capital	4.00M	13.75%	$38.80M
Blackrock	2.38M	7.72%	$26.88M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.20M	7.53%	$23.01M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	2.01M	6.88%	$27.91M
Lsv asset management	1.46M	4.99%	$15.24M
Vanguard group	1.46M	4.98%	$15.22M
Tieton capital management	1.06M	3.61%	$14.66M
Goldman sachs group	1.04M	3.55%	$10.85M
Divisadero street capital management, lp	837.65K	2.88%	$8.13M
Millennium management	680.39K	2.34%	$7.01M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Biglari, sardar	489.25K	9.56%	$4.75M
Tieton capital management	1.06M	4.91%	$14.66M
Biglari capital	4.00M	4.25%	$38.80M
Monimus capital management, lp	188.54K	1.13%	$1.83M
Archon capital management	179.50K	1.07%	$1.88B
Summerhaven investment management	69.74K	0.59%	$966.61K
Watershed asset management	29.44K	0.42%	$408.05K
Rodgers brothers	345.15K	0.41%	$3.35M
Divisadero street capital management, lp	837.65K	0.35%	$8.13M
Fund 1 investments	253.96K	0.27%	$2.46M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Goldman sachs group	1.04M	0.00%	502.38K
Millennium management	680.39K	0.00%	451.57K
Tieton capital management	1.06M	4.91%	204.90K
Two sigma investments, lp	214.12K	0.00%	190.01K
Sei investments	209.15K	0.00%	188.74K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Portolan capital management	-	-	-751.01K
Divisadero street capital management, lp	837.65K	0.35%	-393.44K
Nuveen	46.38K	0.00%	-371.57K
William blair investment management	-	-	-329.21K
Invenomic capital management lp	-	-	-209.49K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Vanguard fiduciary trust	165.53K	0.00%	165.53K	$2.29M
Axa investment managers	74.18K	0.00%	74.18K	$719.54K
Sanctuary advisors	56.92K	0.00%	56.92K	$788.97K
Vanguard global advisers	18.70K	0.00%	18.70K	$259.14K
Franklin resources	17.17K	-	17.17K	$179.61K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Clearstead advisors	-1.00
National bank of canada /fi/	-1.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-5.00
Assetmark	-16.00
Corecap advisors	-20.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	31	-75.97%	3,176,953	-87.48%	10	0.14%	14	-77.42%	10	-75.00%
Sep 30, 2025	42	-68.89%	4,209,878	-83.54%	14	0.19%	19	-74.32%	13	-66.67%
Jun 30, 2025	133	-4.32%	25,565,108	-2.38%	87	1.08%	72	14.29%	39	-17.02%
Mar 31, 2025	9	-93.43%	1,921,898	-92.58%	6	0.08%	5	-92.96%	3	-92.31%
Dec 31, 2024	129	2.38%	25,118,955	-1.07%	86	1.14%	64	3.23%	38	-9.52%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Tieton Small Cap Value	1.06M	3.53%	204.90K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	792.95K	2.66%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	773.55K	2.58%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	660.70K	2.17%	5.59K
First Eagle US Small Cap Strategy	500.66K	1.67%	20.40K
First Eagle Small Cap Opportunity I	491.48K	1.64%	11.23K
William Blair Small Cap Value I	449.12K	1.50%	-19.59K
DFA US Small Cap Value I	410.62K	1.37%	-
DFA US Targeted Value I	358.20K	1.20%	-
Nuveen Small-Cap Value Opps I	315.40K	1.05%	-9.78K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 06, 2025	Buller Mark	-	Sell	$124.99K
Aug 08, 2024	Buller Mark	-	Sell	$123.48K
May 26, 2023	Borgese Samuel N.	-	Sell	$43.18K
Jan 18, 2023	Borgese Samuel N.	-	Sell	$221.32K
May 08, 2024	Borgese Samuel N.	-	Sell	$10.19K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	1
2025 Q1	-	-

LOCO Ownership FAQ

Who Owns El Pollo Loco?

El Pollo Loco shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 10.87%, followed by 2.89% insiders and 86.24% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in El Pollo Loco's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 35.64%, which El Pollo Loco falls below.

Who owns the most shares of El Pollo Loco?

El Pollo Loco’s largest shareholders are Biglari capital (4M shares, 13.75%), Blackrock (2.38M shares, 7.72%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (2.2M shares, 7.53%). Together, they hold 29.00% of El Pollo Loco’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own El Pollo Loco?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.72% of El Pollo Loco, totaling 2.38M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 26.88M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -6.788K shares, a -0.28% change.

Who is El Pollo Loco’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Biglari, sardar is El Pollo Loco’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 9.56% of its assets in 489.25K El Pollo Loco shares, valued at 4.75M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of El Pollo Loco shares?

Tieton Small Cap Value is the top mutual fund holder of El Pollo Loco shares, with 3.53% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.06M El Pollo Loco shares.

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