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El Pollo Loco

Serves citrus-marinated fire-grilled chicken through company-run and franchised quick-service restaurants.

$15.31
After-hours close+0.01 (+0.07%)
At close$15.30(+0.66%)

Breakdown13F · Form 4

Institutions 94.08%28.65M sharesInsiders 2.72%829.2K sharesOther 3.20%974.5K shares

Shares outstanding 30.46M · Float 25.55M · 83.9% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
Biglari Capital Corp.3.78M12.40%13FAug 14, 2026
BlackRock, Inc.2.46M8.08%13FAug 7, 2026
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.05M6.73%13FAug 11, 2026
LSV Asset Management1.47M4.83%13FAug 6, 2026
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1.26M4.12%13FAug 14, 2026

Institutions13F, as of Jun 30, 2026

153 holders · 28.65M shares · 25 new positions · 91 increased · 41 reduced · 15 closed

HolderShares% outstandingChg q/qFiled
Biglari Capital Corp.3.78M12.40%−222.6KAug 14, 2026
BlackRock, Inc.2.46M8.08%+175.5KAug 7, 2026
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.05M6.73%+36.1KAug 11, 2026
LSV Asset Management1.47M4.83%+14.7KAug 6, 2026
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1.26M4.12%+164.9KAug 14, 2026
Vanguard Capital Management LLC1.11M3.64%+18.8KAug 13, 2026
Tieton Capital Management, LLC1.03M3.39%−23.6KAug 10, 2026
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC995.8K3.27%+420.5KAug 24, 2026

Beneficial owners13D/G · 5% or more, as filed

Holder% of classSharesFormFiled
Biglari, Sardarincl. Biglari Capital Corp., Lion Fund Ii, L.P. +4 more13.50%4.12M13DJul 2, 2026
BlackRock, Inc.6.40%1.91M13GApr 17, 2025

InsidersForm 4

InsiderRoleShares% outstandingFiled
Biglari, Sardar10 percent owner315.1K1.03%Aug 11, 2026
Elizabeth Goodman Williamsdirector, officer: Chief Executive Officer248.1K0.81%Jun 1, 2026
Ira Filsofficer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER115.6K0.38%Aug 25, 2026
Maria Hollandsworthofficer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER106.0K0.35%May 30, 2025
William R. Floyddirector74.2K0.24%Mar 13, 2025
Douglas J. Babbdirector63.6K0.21%Mar 19, 2026
Samuel N. Borgesedirector58.9K0.19%Apr 7, 2025
Cody Nancy Faginasdirector41.1K0.14%Mar 19, 2026
Deborah Gonzalezdirector41.1K0.14%Mar 19, 2026
Mark Bullerdirector38.8K0.13%Jun 10, 2025

5 ten-percent owners hold 28.41M shares by Form 4 — the 13D/G table above shows those stakes, the figure above counts officers and directors only · 13 people have not refiled in the last 18 months (941.8K shares), so they are not in the figure above

Latest trades

DateInsiderTypeSharesAvg priceOwned after
Aug 7, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale550$17.06315,118
Aug 5, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale40,000$16.90315,668
Aug 3, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale10,000$16.73355,668
Jul 29, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale · 2 lots6,611$16.71116,695
Jul 30, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale273$16.70365,668
Jul 17, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale11,000$16.713,538,961
Jul 16, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale2,749$16.703,549,961
Jul 15, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale6,533$16.713,552,710
Jul 14, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale1,211$16.733,559,243
Jul 13, 2026
Sardar Biglari10 percent owner
Sale75,000$16.743,560,454

CongressHouse and Senate disclosures

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