Both in Restaurants & Hospitality

El Pollo Loco Holdings vs Papa John's International

Over the past year LOCO returned +48.5% and PZZA returned −61.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.16.

LOCO +48.5% PZZA −61.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLOCOPZZA
Price$15.30$18.46
Market cap$465.6M$607.6M
Today−0.46%−1.84%
1 month+7.8%−5.8%
6 months+17.1%−48.0%
Year to date+46.3%−52.1%
1 year+60.9%−64.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.0%−8.8%
Gross margin78.8%25.7%
Net margin9.9%1.7%
P/E (TTM)13.4×22.3×
Price / sales0.9×0.3×
Net cash-$18.2M-$736.8M
Dividend yield—9.97%
Volatility (60d)33.2%33.1%
Short % of float6.3%22.1%
Next earnings——

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