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LOCO vs MCD

Side-by-side comparison of El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. (LOCO) and McDonald's Corporation (MCD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both LOCO and MCD operate in Restaurants (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MCD is the larger of the two at $197.36B, about 463.2x LOCO ($426.1M).
  • Over the past year, LOCO is up 28.3% and MCD is down 8.8% - LOCO leads by 37.2 points.
  • MCD has been more active in the news (6 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for LOCO).
  • MCD has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 5 for LOCO).
PerformanceLOCO+28.34%MCD-8.85%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricLOCOMCD
Company
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.
McDonald's Corporation
Price
$13.97+1.16%
$277.80-0.75%
Market cap
$426.1M
$197.36B
1M return
+3.48%
-2.06%
1Y return
+28.34%
-8.85%
Industry
Restaurants
Restaurants
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2014
News (4w)
5
6
Recent ratings
5
25
LOCO

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. As of March 11, 2021, the company operated approximately 475 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses one restaurant in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.

MCD

McDonald's Corporation

McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants in the United States and internationally. Its restaurants offer various food products and beverages, as well as breakfast menu. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 39,198 restaurants. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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