COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) _ El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. (LOCO) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $10.2 million.

On a per-share basis, the Costa Mesa, California-based company said it had profit of 28 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 27 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 22 cents per share.

The Tex-Mex fast food chain posted revenue of $115.7 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $119.3 million.

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