LOCO · El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
$15.44
-0.40 (-2.53%)
At close · Jul 23
Market Cap
$470.23M
Shares
30.46M
Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.
Short Squeeze Score
61/100
Short interest 5.7% of shares — P77
Days to cover 4.3 — P75
Price vs VWAP +3.1% — P72
Short-volume trend -7.5% — P25
Short interest change +3.3% — P56
Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P31
Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-06-30). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.
Short Interest History
| Settlement Date | Current Position | Previous Position | Change | Days to Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1,726,687 | 1,672,308 | +54,379 | 4.28 |
| 2026-06-15 | 1,672,308 | 1,784,686 | -112,378 | 5.65 |
| 2026-05-29 | 1,784,686 | 1,799,449 | -14,763 | 4.50 |
| 2026-05-15 | 1,799,449 | 1,351,864 | +447,585 | 4.61 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1,351,864 | 1,622,646 | -270,782 | 5.60 |
| 2026-04-15 | 1,622,646 | 1,738,144 | -115,498 | 6.56 |
| 2026-03-31 | 1,738,144 | 2,005,775 | -267,631 | 3.52 |
| 2026-03-13 | 2,005,775 | 1,742,305 | +263,470 | 5.04 |
| 2026-02-27 | 1,742,305 | 1,706,215 | +36,090 | 13.24 |
| 2026-02-13 | 1,706,215 | 1,635,364 | +70,851 | 7.97 |
| 2026-01-30 | 1,635,364 | 1,825,132 | -189,768 | 7.21 |
| 2026-01-15 | 1,825,132 | 1,737,770 | +87,362 | 8.54 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1,737,770 | 1,766,810 | -29,040 | 7.94 |
| 2025-12-15 | 1,766,810 | 1,763,354 | +3,456 | 7.47 |
| 2025-11-28 | 1,763,354 | 1,809,387 | -46,033 | 7.24 |
| 2025-11-14 | 1,809,387 | 1,897,856 | -88,469 | 5.49 |
| 2025-10-31 | 1,897,856 | 2,031,649 | -133,793 | 5.08 |
| 2025-10-15 | 2,031,649 | 1,988,940 | +42,709 | 9.44 |
| 2025-09-30 | 1,988,940 | 2,128,335 | -139,395 | 9.65 |
| 2025-09-15 | 2,128,335 | 2,096,161 | +32,174 | 9.16 |
| 2025-08-29 | 2,096,161 | 2,183,479 | -87,318 | 14.34 |
| 2025-08-15 | 2,183,479 | 1,910,947 | +272,532 | 9.96 |
| 2025-07-31 | 1,910,947 | 1,852,120 | +58,827 | 5.40 |
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CIK
1606366
CUSIP
268603107
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