Is LOCO halal?
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
Halal
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 12 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
16.39
Day
+0.43%
Market cap
$463.2M
Industry
Restaurants
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
What the company does
El Pollo Loco is a chain of Mexican fire-grilled chicken restaurants (about 500, mostly in California). Money comes from company-run restaurant sales and franchise fees.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $31.44M ÷ 36-month average market cap $353.23M = 8.9%
8.9%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $13.28M ÷ 36-month average market cap $353.23M = 3.8%
3.8%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
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No data
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $463.19M.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 4.3% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.00% · #1007 of 1454
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 2 superinvestors · Average reported price: $16.96
- First Eagle Investment Management$33.8M0.0%
- Polen Capital Management$787K0.0%
Manually reviewed — clean
The industry was flagged as sensitive, so the company's filings were checked by hand on 06 October 2026. Conclusion:
O'tda pishirilgan tovuq restorani — alkogol yo'q, cho'chqa faqat vaqtinchalik taklif (<5%)
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