LOCO vs. SHCO, XHR, CNNE, FWRG, PTLO, MSC, TH, KRUS, BALY, and CVEO
Should you be buying El Pollo Loco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of El Pollo Loco include Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Cannae (CNNE), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Portillo's (PTLO), Studio City International (MSC), Target Hospitality (TH), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Bally's (BALY), and Civeo (CVEO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
El Pollo Loco vs.
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) and Soho House & Co Inc. (NYSE:SHCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.11% compared to Soho House & Co Inc.'s net margin of -11.47%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 10.34% beat Soho House & Co Inc.'s return on equity.
El Pollo Loco currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.67%. Soho House & Co Inc. has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.64%. Given El Pollo Loco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe El Pollo Loco is more favorable than Soho House & Co Inc..
El Pollo Loco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Soho House & Co Inc.. Soho House & Co Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Pollo Loco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
El Pollo Loco received 354 more outperform votes than Soho House & Co Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.28% of users gave El Pollo Loco an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Soho House & Co Inc. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Soho House & Co Inc. had 5 more articles in the media than El Pollo Loco. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Soho House & Co Inc. and 9 mentions for El Pollo Loco. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Soho House & Co Inc.'s score of 0.17 indicating that El Pollo Loco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Soho House & Co Inc. has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats Soho House & Co Inc. on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LOCO) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
