El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO): insider trading, Congress trades & who owns it

Insider signal
20/100
Heavy insider selling · 90 days
Insider buys
$0
0 buyers · 12 months
Insider sales
$9.6M
8 sellers · 12 months
Funds holding
151
13F · Q2 2026
Congress trades
None
none in 2 years

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. officers and board members have only been selling lately: eight insiders sold about $9.6 million of stock over 12 months, with no open-market purchases.

Selling on its own is common and often pre-planned (10b5-1 plans, taxes, diversification), so it matters more when it is unusually heavy or broad.

On the institutional side, 151 funds reported holding LOCO at the end of Q2 2026, and more funds bought than sold. Looking at the quarterly pattern: 2 quarters in a row of net selling by insiders. Insiders bought in 0 of the last 7 full quarters.

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Latest insider trades in LOCO

FiledInsiderRoleTypeSharesPriceValueSource
Aug 11, 2026Biglari Holdings Inc.10% OwnerSell550$17.06$9KSEC
Aug 11, 2026Biglari Holdings Inc.10% OwnerSell550$17.06$9KSEC
Aug 5, 2026LION FUND II, L.P.10% OwnerSell10,000$16.73$167KSEC
Aug 5, 2026LION FUND II, L.P.10% OwnerSell10,000$16.73$167KSEC
Aug 5, 2026LION FUND II, L.P.10% OwnerSell40,000$16.90$676KSEC
Aug 5, 2026LION FUND II, L.P.10% OwnerSell40,000$16.90$676KSEC
Jul 31, 2026Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% OwnerSell273$16.70$5KSEC
Jul 31, 2026Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% OwnerSell3,305$16.71$55KSEC
Jul 31, 2026Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% OwnerSell3,306$16.71$55KSEC
Jul 31, 2026Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% OwnerSell273$16.70$5KSEC
Jul 21, 2026BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP.10% OwnerSell11,000$16.71$184KSEC
Jul 16, 2026Biglari Holdings Inc.10% OwnerSell2,749$16.70$46KSEC
Jul 16, 2026Biglari Holdings Inc.10% OwnerSell6,533$16.71$109KSEC
Jul 16, 2026Biglari Holdings Inc.10% OwnerSell1,211$16.73$20KSEC
Jul 14, 2026Biglari Insurance Group Inc.10% OwnerSell75,000$16.74$1.3MSEC

Questions about LOCO

Are insiders buying or selling LOCO stock?

In the last 12 months El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. insiders made open-market purchases worth about $0 and sales worth about $9.6 million. Data comes from SEC Form 4 filings, updated every 30 minutes on CapitalSnitch.

When was the last insider trade in LOCO?

The most recent open-market insider trade in LOCO was filed on 2026-08-11.

How many institutions own LOCO?

151 investment managers reported holding LOCO in SEC Form 13F filings for Q2 2026.

Has any member of Congress traded LOCO?

No congressional trades in LOCO were reported in the past two years. The full list is free on CapitalSnitch.

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Public-record data for research and education, not investment advice. Insider sales are often pre-planned (10b5-1). Congress data: Data derived from public disclosures filed under the Ethics in Government Act and the STOCK Act, republished free for public transparency and news reporting. Disclosures may lag the trade by 45 days or more and show amounts only as ranges. This data may not be used for credit rating, loan underwriting, solicitation of money (political, charitable or other), direct-mail or commercial targeting (5 U.S.C. 13107).