El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

In Stage 4 Declining, LOCO shows a bearish medium-term bias reinforced by a Lower Highs & Lower Lows pattern, with price stalled below its short-term EMAs and lacking a clear timing edge—favoring a deferred sell into resistance around the 9/20/50 EMA zone.

• ↑Revenue +3% YoY to $129.6M; net income +80% YoY to $12.8M
• ↑Same-store sales +3.9%; comps guided to grow 3.5–4.5% in 2026
• ↓Commodity costs up 90 bps to 25.4% of sales; full-year inflation seen at 2.5–3.5%