El Pollo Loco Ownership | Who Owns El Pollo Loco?

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El Pollo Loco Ownership Summary

El Pollo Loco is owned by 87.86% institutional investors, 2.86% insiders, and 9.28% retail investors. Biglari capital is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.75% of LOCO shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.66% of its assets in El Pollo Loco shares.

LOCO Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	El Pollo Loco	87.86%	2.86%	9.28%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	62.02%	13.92%	24.06%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	72.71%	11.69%	15.60%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Biglari capital	4.00M	13.75%	$44.04M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.33M	8.01%	$22.62M
Blackrock	2.38M	7.72%	$26.88M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	2.02M	6.93%	$19.57M
Lsv asset management	1.49M	5.12%	$14.44M
Vanguard group	1.40M	4.81%	$13.58M
William blair investment management	1.17M	4.03%	$11.36M
Tieton capital management	853.20K	2.93%	$8.28M
Divisadero street capital management, lp	837.65K	2.88%	$8.13M
First eagle investment management	741.79K	2.55%	$7.20M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Biglari, sardar	489.25K	11.43%	$5.39M
Biglari capital	4.00M	5.09%	$44.04M
Tieton capital management	853.20K	2.87%	$8.28M
Summerhaven investment management	76.36K	0.43%	$740.74K
Rodgers brothers	345.15K	0.41%	$3.35M
Divisadero street capital management, lp	837.65K	0.35%	$8.13M
Carlson capital l p	92.00K	0.33%	$892.40K
Fund 1 investments	189.44K	0.17%	$2.09M
Hillsdale investment management	359.40K	0.11%	$3.49M
Bridgeway capital management	333.86K	0.09%	$3.85M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Millennium management	680.39K	0.00%	451.57K
Tieton capital management	853.20K	2.87%	223.21K
Prudential financial	373.04K	0.00%	147.60K
Summerhaven investment management	76.36K	0.43%	76.36K
Jane street group	66.64K	0.00%	66.64K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Portolan capital management	-	-	-751.01K
Fund 1 investments	189.44K	0.17%	-577.26K
Divisadero street capital management, lp	837.65K	0.35%	-393.44K
Morgan stanley	516.12K	0.00%	-275.21K
Invenomic capital management lp	-	-	-209.49K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Summerhaven investment management	76.36K	0.43%	76.36K	$740.74K
Squarepoint ops	14.28K	0.00%	14.28K	$164.73K
Sg americas securities	10.99K	0.00%	10.99K	$107.00K
Quinn opportunity partners	10.00K	0.01%	10.00K	$97.00K
Emc capital management	6.52K	0.04%	6.52K	$72.00K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-5.00
Corecap advisors	-20.00
Point72 (difc)	-25.00
Coldstream capital management	-29.00
Stephens consulting	-35.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Sep 30, 2024	126	3.28%	25,390,115	0.79%	86	1.30%	62	-8.82%	42	20.00%
Jun 30, 2024	121	3.42%	25,192,207	1.79%	81	1.27%	67	52.27%	35	-33.96%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	792.95K	2.66%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	775.84K	2.59%	-17.10K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	651.32K	2.17%	-
First Eagle Small Cap Opportunity I	650.20K	2.17%	14.49K
First Eagle US Small Cap Strategy	635.71K	2.12%	98.88K
Tieton Small Cap Value	629.99K	2.10%	114.85K
William Blair Small Cap Value I	449.12K	1.50%	-19.59K
DFA US Small Cap Value I	436.21K	1.45%	-15.85K
DFA US Targeted Value I	358.20K	1.19%	-7.19K
Nuveen Small-Cap Value Opps I	312.80K	1.04%	-

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
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	1
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	7	-

LOCO Ownership FAQ

Who Owns El Pollo Loco?

El Pollo Loco shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 87.86%, followed by 2.86% insiders and 9.28% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in El Pollo Loco's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 72.71%, which El Pollo Loco exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of El Pollo Loco?

El Pollo Loco’s largest shareholders are Biglari capital (4M shares, 13.75%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (2.33M shares, 8.01%), and Blackrock (2.38M shares, 7.72%). Together, they hold 29.48% 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 11.43% of its assets in 489.25K El Pollo Loco shares, valued at 5.39M$.

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

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of El Pollo Loco shares, with 2.66% of its total shares outstanding invested in 792.94K El Pollo Loco shares.

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