$LOCO
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc Stock $loco

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000160636620000004 Filed on March 06, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q3	2019 Q2
Revenue	$107.5M	$112.1M	$113.7M
YoY Change	1.21%	-0.1%	1.89%
Cost Of Revenue	$55.30M	$56.80M	$57.20M
YoY Change	1.28%	-1.22%	1.24%
Gross Profit	$52.30M	$55.30M	$56.60M
YoY Change	1.36%	1.1%	2.72%
Gross Profit Margin	48.63%	49.35%	49.76%
Selling, General & Admin	$39.00M	$40.40M	$39.90M
YoY Change	-4.41%	-5.39%	-4.09%
% of Gross Profit	74.57%	73.06%	70.49%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$4.300M	$4.343M	$4.454M
YoY Change	-9.85%	-3.64%	2.53%
% of Gross Profit	8.22%	7.85%	7.87%
Operating Expenses	$43.20M	$44.70M	$44.40M
YoY Change	-5.26%	-5.3%	-3.48%
Operating Profit	$5.336M	$10.12M	$20.58M
YoY Change	-117.22%	6.6%	171.18%
Interest Expense	-$900.0K	$973.0K	$922.0K
YoY Change	12.5%	15.83%	-3.96%
% of Operating Profit	-16.87%	9.62%	4.48%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$200.0K	$200.0K	$100.0K
YoY Change		-66.67%	-114.29%
Pretax Income	$4.200M	$9.342M	$19.75M
YoY Change	-113.21%	1.29%	233.82%
Income Tax	$728.0K	$2.940M	$5.665M
% Of Pretax Income	17.33%	31.47%	28.68%
Net Earnings	$3.498M	$6.402M	$14.09M
YoY Change	-114.94%	-6.34%	178.84%
Net Earnings / Revenue	3.25%	5.71%	12.39%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.10	$0.18	$0.37
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.10	$0.18	$0.37
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	34.50M shares	35.86M	37.94M
Diluted Shares Outstanding	35.24M shares	36.40M	38.58M

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q3	2019 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$8.100M	$12.10M	$11.30M
YoY Change	15.71%	49.38%	-13.74%
Cash & Equivalents	$8.070M	$12.07M	$11.28M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$5.700M	$2.100M	$3.400M
YoY Change	90.0%	-16.0%	6.25%
Inventory	$2.009M	$2.085M	$2.069M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$8.500M	$10.90M	$11.70M
Other Receivables	$400.0K	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$24.68M	$27.13M	$28.47M
YoY Change	11.94%	24.92%	9.49%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$91.78M	$93.36M	$91.26M
YoY Change	-11.87%	-11.27%	-12.2%
Goodwill	$248.7M	$248.7M	$248.7M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Intangibles	$61.89M	$61.89M	$61.89M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$1.630M	$1.399M	$1.322M
YoY Change	10.96%	-9.21%	23.21%
Total Long-Term Assets	$600.1M	$608.3M	$608.5M
YoY Change	40.14%	43.74%	43.98%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$24.68M	$27.13M	$28.47M
Total Long-Term Assets	$600.1M	$608.3M	$608.5M
Total Assets	$624.8M	$635.4M	$637.0M
YoY Change	38.76%	42.82%	41.98%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$5.627M	$9.811M	$10.23M
YoY Change	-41.16%	43.27%	13.05%
Accrued Expenses	$60.00M	$61.60M	$56.70M
YoY Change	-1.64%	122.38%	142.31%
Deferred Revenue	$3.006M
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change	-100.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$73.96M	$80.36M	$77.33M
YoY Change	-10.79%	54.92%	52.76%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$97.10M	$101.1M	$85.10M
YoY Change	31.04%	42.19%	-1.16%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$5.679M	$5.784M	$5.842M
YoY Change	-71.64%	-72.29%	-72.54%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$5.679M	$5.784M	$5.842M
YoY Change	-71.64%	-72.29%	-72.54%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$73.96M	$80.36M	$77.33M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$5.679M	$5.784M	$5.842M
Total Liabilities	$379.2M	$395.4M	$374.2M
YoY Change	104.98%	153.7%	122.03%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$85.99M	-$89.49M	-$95.89M
YoY Change	-22.46%	2.26%	1.64%
Common Stock	$331.3M	$329.4M	$358.7M
YoY Change	-11.92%	-12.52%	-4.21%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$245.6M	$240.0M	$262.8M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$624.8M	$635.4M	$637.0M
YoY Change	38.76%	42.82%	41.98%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q3	2019 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$3.498M	$6.402M	$14.09M
YoY Change	-114.94%	-6.34%	178.84%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$4.300M	$4.343M	$4.454M
YoY Change	-9.85%	-3.64%	2.53%
Cash From Operating Activities	$4.240M	$19.04M	$2.880M
YoY Change	10.42%	19.22%	-78.35%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$4.590M	-$4.950M	-$1.720M
YoY Change	-35.26%	-26.78%	-76.44%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$0.00	$0.00	$4.770M
YoY Change
Cash From Investing Activities	-$4.590M	-$4.950M	$3.050M
YoY Change	-35.26%	-26.78%	-141.78%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-3.650M	-13.30M	-1.360M
YoY Change	-275.48%	-6.07%	-252.81%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	4.240M	19.04M	2.880M
Cash From Investing Activities	-4.590M	-4.950M	3.050M
Cash From Financing Activities	-3.650M	-13.30M	-1.360M
Net Change In Cash	-4.000M	790.0K	4.570M
YoY Change	241.88%	-115.96%	-33.67%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$4.240M	$19.04M	$2.880M
Capital Expenditures	-$4.590M	-$4.950M	-$1.720M
Free Cash Flow	$8.830M	$23.99M	$4.600M
YoY Change	-19.21%	5.54%	-77.67%

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CY2019	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Concentration</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"> of Risk</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Cash and cash equivalents are maintained at financial institutions and, at times, balances may exceed federally-insured limits. The Company has never experienced any losses related to these balances.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company had </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">one</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> supplier for which amounts due at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 25, 2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> totaled </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">11.7%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of the Company’s accounts payable. As of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 26, 2018</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the Company had </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">one</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> supplier for which amounts due totaled </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">36.0%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of the Company’s accounts payable. Purchases from the Company’s largest supplier totaled </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">29.0%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of the Company’s purchases for fiscal </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">28.8%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> for fiscal </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2018</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">29.3%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> for fiscal </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2017</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> with no amounts payable at December 25, 2019 or December 26, 2018. In fiscal </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2018</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2017</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Company-operated and franchised restaurants in the greater Los Angeles area generated, in the aggregate, approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">70.5%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">69.2%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">72.9%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, respectively, of total revenue. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">one</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> franchisee accounted for </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">10%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of total accounts receivable as of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 25, 2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">two</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> franchisees accounted for </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">40%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of total accounts receivable as of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 26, 2018</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Management believes the loss of the significant supplier or franchisee could have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated results of operations and financial condition.</font></div></div>
CY2019	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries are collectively known as “we,” “us” or the “Company.” The Company’s activities are conducted principally through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc. (“EPL”), which develops, franchises, licenses and operates quick-service restaurants under the name El Pollo Loco ®. The restaurants, which are located principally in California but also in Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Louisiana, specialize in fire-grilling citrus-marinated chicken in a wide variety of contemporary Mexican and LA-inspired entrees, including specialty chicken burritos, chicken quesadillas, chicken tostada salads, chicken tortilla soup, variations on our Pollo Bowl®, Pollo Salads and our Under 500 Calorie entrees. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 25, 2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the Company operated </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">195</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">143</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in the greater Los Angeles area) and franchised </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">287</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">136</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in the greater Los Angeles area) El Pollo Loco restaurants. In addition, the Company currently licenses </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">one</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> restaurant in the Philippines. The Company’s largest stockholder is Trimaran Pollo Partners, L.L.C. (“LLC”), which is controlled by affiliates of Trimaran Capital, L.L.C. LLC acquired Chicken Acquisition Corp. (“CAC”), a predecessor of Holdings, on November 17, 2005 (the “Acquisition”) and has a </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">47.7%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> ownership interest as of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 25, 2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. LLC’s only material asset is its investment in Holdings.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">April 22, 2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, CAC, its wholly owned subsidiary, Chicken Subsidiary Corp (“CSC”) and CSC’s wholly owned subsidiary, the former El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(“Old Holdings”) entered into the following reorganization transactions: (i) Old Holdings merged with and into CSC with CSC continuing as the surviving corporation; (ii) CSC merged with and into CAC with CAC continuing as the surviving corporation and (iii) CAC renamed itself El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Holdings has no material assets or operations. Holdings and Holdings’ direct subsidiary, EPL Intermediate, Inc. (“Intermediate”), guarantee EPL’s 2018 Revolver (see Note 6) on a full and unconditional basis and Intermediate has no subsidiaries other than EPL. EPL is a separate and distinct legal entity, and has no obligation to make funds available to Intermediate. EPL and Intermediate may pay dividends to Intermediate and to Holdings, respectively.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company operates in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">one</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> operating segment. All significant revenues relate to retail sales of food and beverages through either company or franchised restaurants.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On August 2, 2018, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had authorized a stock repurchase program. The Company entered into a stock repurchase plan on August 28, 2018 (the “2018 Stock Repurchase Plan”), which allowed for the repurchase of up to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$20.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of the Company's common stock. The 2018 Stock Repurchase Plan commenced on November 6, 2018 and terminated on June 26, 2019. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On April 30, 2019, as part of the Company’s focus on stockholder returns, the Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program. The Company entered into a stock repurchase plan on May 17, 2019 (the “2019 Stock Repurchase Plan”), which allowed for the repurchase up to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$30.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of the Company's common stock. The 2019 Stock Repurchase Plan commenced on June 27, 2019, and was exhausted on </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 26, 2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under the 2019 Stock Repurchase Plan, the Company was permitted to repurchase its common stock from time to time, in amounts and at prices that the Company deemed appropriate, subject to market conditions and other considerations. The Company’s repurchases were executed using open market purchases, including pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, and/or through privately negotiated transactions. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">For the year ended </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 25, 2019</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the Company repurchased </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1,558,836</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2,836,768</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> shares of common stock under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Plan and the 2019 Stock Repurchase Plan, respectively, executed using open market purchases, for total consideration of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$18.4 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$30.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, respectively. The common stock repurchased under both the 2018 Stock Repurchase Plan and the 2019 Stock Repurchase Plan was retired upon repurchase. For the year ended </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 26, 2018</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the Company repurchased </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">66,409</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> shares of common stock under the 2018 Stock Repurchase Plan for total considerations of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$1.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div></div>
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenue Recognition Leases Operating RevenueRecognitionLeasesOperating	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Leases</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company’s operations utilize property, facilities, equipment and vehicles. Buildings and facilities leased from others are primarily for restaurants and support facilities. Restaurants are operated under lease arrangements that generally provide for a fixed base rent and, in some instances, contingent rent based on a percentage of gross operating profit or net revenues in excess of a defined amount. Initial terms of land and restaurant building leases generally have terms of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">20 years</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, exclusive of options to renew. Leases of equipment primarily consist of restaurant equipment, computer systems and vehicles. The Company subleases facilities to certain franchisees and other non-related parties which are recorded on a straight-line basis. Refer to "Changes in Accounting Policy" below for more details on treatment of operating leases under Topic 842 that was adopted on December 27, 2018.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">For periods prior to the adoption of Topic 842, leases are accounted for under Topic 840. Under Topic 840, rent expense for the Company’s operating leases, which generally have escalating rents over the term of the lease, is recorded on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term. The lease term begins when the Company has the right to control the use of the leased property, which is typically before rent payments are due under the terms of the lease. Rent expense is included in occupancy and other operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. The difference between rent expense and rent paid is recorded as deferred rent, which is included in current liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Percentage rent expenses are recorded based on estimated sales or gross margin for respective restaurants over the contingency period.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Any leasehold improvements that are funded by lessor incentives under operating leases are recorded as leasehold improvements and amortized over the expected lease term. Such incentives are also recorded as deferred rent and amortized as reductions to rent expense over the expected lease term.</font></div></div>
CY2019	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Use of Estimates</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and revenue and expenses during the period reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates include estimates for impairment of goodwill, intangible assets and property and equipment, insurance reserves, lease accounting matters, stock-based compensation, TRA liability, contingent liabilities and income tax valuation allowances.</font></div></div>

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