Both in Restaurants & Hospitality

El Pollo Loco Holdings vs First Watch Restaurant Group

Over the past year LOCO returned +48.5% and FWRG returned −19.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.43.

LOCO +48.5% FWRG −19.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLOCOFWRG
Price$15.30$12.74
Market cap$465.6M$786.2M
Today−0.46%+1.84%
1 month+7.8%+24.5%
6 months+17.1%−2.7%
Year to date+46.3%−15.5%
1 year+60.9%−25.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.0%+15.2%
Gross margin78.8%68.7%
Net margin9.9%0.7%
P/E (TTM)13.4×44.1×
Price / sales0.9×0.6×
Net cash-$18.2M-$272.0M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)33.2%52.5%
Short % of float6.3%11.1%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).