Regardless of the sequential decrease in Current Liabilities, during the first quarter 2026, Quick Ratio deteriorated to 0.05 below El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc 's average Quick Ratio.

Within Restaurants industry 24 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc in first quarter 2026. While Quick Ratio total ranking has improved so far during the Q1 2026 to 2618, from total ranking in the fourth quarter 2025 at 2693.

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LOCO Quick Ratio	(Apr 01 2026) Q1	(Dec 31 2025) Q4	(Sep 24 2025) Q3	(Jun 25 2025) Q2	(Mar 26 2025) Q1
Y / Y Current Liabilities Change	1.07 %	4.52 %	177 %	2.52 %	-0.55 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent Change	-9.78 %	150.72 %	37.71 %	-14.1 %	-52.6 %
Quick Ratio MRQ	0.05	0.08	0.16	0.12	0.06
LOCO's Total Ranking	# 2618	# 2693	# 2980	# 711	# 3587
Seq. Current Liabilities Change	-4.4 %	13.21 %	-9.02 %	2.64 %	-1.13 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent Change	-37.38 %	-42.72 %	20.95 %	107.93 %	74.03 %

Quick Ratio first quarter 2026 Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Restaurants Industry	# 25
Services Sector	# 333
Overall Market	# 2618

Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
0.93	0.24	0.03
(Sep 24 2014)		(Dec 25 2024)

Financial Statements
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc 's Current Liabilities	$ 76 Millions	Visit LOCO's Balance sheet
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc 's Cash & cash equivalent	$ 4 Millions	Visit LOCO's Balance sheet
Source of LOCO's Sales		Visit LOCO's Sales by Geography

Cumulative El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc 's Quick Ratio

LOCO's Quick Ratio for the trailling 12 Months

LOCO Quick Ratio	(Apr 01 2026) 12 Months	(Dec 31 2025) 12 Months	(Sep 24 2025) 12 Months	(Jun 25 2025) 12 Months	(Mar 26 2025) 12 Months
Y / Y Current Liabilities TTM Growth	20.25 %	19.73 %	19.84 %	-13.63 %	-13.94 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	19.16 %	1.49 %	-23.3 %	-41.78 %	-37.72 %
Quick Ratio TTM	0.1	0.1	0.09	0.09	0.1
Total Ranking TTM	# 2977	# 2297	# 3211	# 3142	# 1806
Seq. Current Liabilities TTM Growth	0.27 %	1.15 %	17.68 %	0.75 %	-0.17 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	-1.39 %	14.04 %	12.57 %	-5.86 %	-16.01 %

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On the trailing twelve months basis In Spite of the decrease in Current Liabilities in the Q1 2026 to $75.60 millions, cumulative Quick Ratio remained unchanged at 0.1 below the El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc average Quick Ratio.
Quick Ratio is the average cumulative value over the last four quarters.

Among companies operating within Restaurants industry 39 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc . While Quick Ratio total ranking has deteriorated compared to the previous twelve months ending in the fourth quarter 2025 from 2297 to 2977.

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TTM Quick Ratio Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Within the Restaurants Industry	# 40
Services Sector	# 405
Within the Market	# 2977

trailing twelve months Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
0.56	0.21	0.09
(Dec 30 2020)		(Jun 25 2025)

Companies with similar Quick Ratio in the quarter ending Apr 01 2026, within Restaurants Industry	Quick Ratio	Apr 01 2026 MRQ Cash & cash equivalent	Apr 01 2026 MRQ Current Liabilities
First Watch Restaurant Group Inc	0.13	$ 23.565 Millions	$ 177.490 Millions
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers inc	0.13	$ 24.275 Millions	$ 184.687 Millions
Liveone Inc	0.13	$ 5.353 Millions	$ 41.393 Millions
Jack In The Box Inc	0.12	$ 43.035 Millions	$ 348.736 Millions
Darden Restaurants Inc	0.09	$ 240.400 Millions	$ 2,608.300 Millions
Brinker International Inc	0.08	$ 57.100 Millions	$ 681.400 Millions
Gen Restaurant Group Inc	0.08	$ 4.435 Millions	$ 53.078 Millions
Noble Roman s Inc	0.07	$ 0.539 Millions	$ 8.002 Millions
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc	0.05	$ 3.900 Millions	$ 75.602 Millions
One Group Hospitality Inc	0.05	$ 6.620 Millions	$ 130.178 Millions
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store inc	0.04	$ 26.050 Millions	$ 580.055 Millions
Dave and Buster s Entertainment Inc	0.04	$ 19.600 Millions	$ 451.900 Millions
Noodles and Company	0.04	$ 1.444 Millions	$ 38.661 Millions
Amaze Holdings Inc	0.04	$ 0.850 Millions	$ 24.270 Millions
Reborn Coffee Inc	0.03	$ 0.266 Millions	$ 8.813 Millions
Starbucks Corporation	0.01	$ 168.300 Millions	$ 11,449.400 Millions
Sadot Group Inc	0.01	$ 0.679 Millions	$ 60.127 Millions

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