Noodles & Company (NDLS)

NASDAQ: NDLS · USD

$14.3

+1.20 (+9.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	85.3M
Revenue (ttm)	495.7M
Net income (ttm)	-23.3M
EPS (ttm)	-$3.98
Shares out	6M
P/E (forward)	119.6x
Volume	85,285
Beta	1.35

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 495.7M
Net income (ttm): -23.3M
EPS (ttm): -$3.98
P/E (forward): 119.6x
Market cap: 85.3M

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E119.6

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ROIC3.8

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001275158
Company name	Noodles & Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	65540B303
Earnings date	2026-11-13
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	6,500
Employees change	-800
Employees growth	-10.96%
Enterprise value	$332M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1995
Industry	Restaurants
IPO date	2013-06-28
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US65540B3033
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-26
Last earnings date	2026-07-24
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2026-02-18
Last stock split type	Reverse
Market cap	$85.3M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-13
Options	Yes
Price	$14.30
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	5812
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	NDLS
U.S. state	Colorado
Website	https://www.noodles.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings yield	-27.87%
EV/EBIT	47.76x
EV/EBITDA	10.31x
EV/FCF	86.38x
EV/Sales	0.66x
FCF / EV yield	1.16%
FCF yield	4.81%
Forward EV/Sales	1.37x
Forward P/E	119.57x
Forward P/S	0.33x
Industry forward P/E	21.7x
Industry P/E	25.64x
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	197.88x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	7.77x
P/FCF ratio	20.78x
P/OCF ratio	5.82x
P/S ratio	0.16x
Price/EBITDA ratio	2.48x
Sector forward P/E	24.39x
Sector P/E	30.5x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	1.37%
EBITDA margin	6.36%
FCF margin	0.76%
Gross margin	16.5%
Operating margin	1.37%
Pretax margin	-4.7%
Profit margin	-4.71%
Profit per employee	$-3,589
Revenue per employee	$76,259
ROA	1.6%
ROA (5Y)	0.23%
ROCE	3.94%
ROIC	3.84%
ROIC (5Y)	0.35%
SBC / revenue	0.68%
Tax / revenue	0.01%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth (QoQ)	-54.4%
FCF growth 5Y	-22.22%
Gross profit growth	21.41%
Gross profit growth (Q)	28.44%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-1.17%
Gross profit growth 5Y	1.59%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth (QoQ)	-45.06%
OCF growth 10Y	-8.91%
OCF growth 3Y	-1.15%
OCF growth 5Y	-12.16%
Operating income growth 3Y	-0.18%
Operating income growth 5Y	0.18%
Revenue growth	0.19%
Revenue growth (Q)	0.48%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	2.63%
Revenue growth 10Y	0.54%
Revenue growth 3Y	-1.4%
Revenue growth 5Y	2.03%
Revenue growth quarters	1
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-9.7M
Depreciation and amortization	$24.7M
EBIT	$6.8M
EBITDA	$31.5M
EPS	$-3.98
FCF per share	$0.63
Financing cash flow	$-4.7M
Free cash flow	$3.8M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$395,000
Gross profit	$81.8M
Income taxes	$47,000
Investing cash flow	$-9.7M
Net borrowing	$-4.4M
Net cash flow	$-965,000
Net income	$-23.3M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$10.1M
Operating income	$6.8M
Revenue	$495.7M
Stock-based compensation	$3.4M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	0.67
Book value per share	$-8.55
Debt / EBITDA	3.47
Debt / FCF	65.94
Goodwill	$7.2M
Interest coverage	0.65
Long-term assets	$217.3M
Long-term liabilities	$223.8M
Net cash (debt)	$-246.7M
Net cash / market cap	-315.64%
Net debt / EBITDA	7.83
Net debt / FCF	65.6
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$208.6M
Shareholders' equity	$-51M
Tangible book value	$-58.6M
Tangible book value per share	$-9.82
Total assets	$235.8M
Total cash	$1.3M
Total debt	$248M
Total liabilities	$286.8M
WACC	5.34%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.87
Current assets	$18.5M
Current liabilities	$63M
Current ratio	0.29
Inventory turnover	41.47
Net working capital	$-17.9M
Quick ratio	0.1
Working capital	$-44.4M
Working capital turnover	-10.83

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-2.33%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	-2.33%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-59.63%
10Y return CAGR	-8.67%
10Y total return	-59.63%
150-day SMA	$13.07
1D price change	9.16%
1M price change	13.96%
1M total return	13.96%
1W price change	3.91%
1W total return	3.91%
1Y price change	154.16%
1Y return CAGR	154.34%
1Y total return	154.17%
20-day SMA	$13.51
200-day SMA	$11.22
3M price change	0.84%
3M total return	0.84%
3Y price change	-17.22%
3Y return CAGR	-6.11%
3Y total return	-17.22%
50-day SMA	$13.83
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$19.00
52-week high date	2026-08-04
52-week low	$3.57
52-week low date	2026-02-18
5Y price change	-85.35%
5Y return CAGR	-31.9%
5Y total return	-85.35%
6M price change	25.07%
6M total return	25.07%
All-time high	$415.76
All-time high date	2013-07-02
All-time low	$3.57
All-time low date	2026-02-18
Average true range (ATR)	$0.94
Average volume	45.7K
Beta (1Y)	0.32
Beta (2Y)	0.76
Beta (5Y)	1.35
Change from 52-week high	-24.74%
Change from 52-week low	300.56%
Change from all-time high	-96.54%
Change from all-time low	302.52%
Change from open	4.69%
Day's gap	4.27%
Dollar volume	$1.2M
High price	$14.39
Low price	$13.66
Monthly RSI	52.28
Open price	$13.66
Position in 52-week range	87.67%
Premarket change	-2.44%
Premarket close	$13.10
Premarket price	$12.78
Premarket volume	100
Previous close	$13.10
Price vs 150-day SMA	9.94%
Price vs 20-day SMA	6.34%
Price vs 200-day SMA	28.12%
Price vs 50-day SMA	3.88%
Relative volume	1.87
RSI	55.87
Sharpe ratio	1.34
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.32
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.14
Sortino ratio	2.72
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.61
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.14
Volume	85.3K
Weekly RSI	54.49
YTD price change	154.43%
YTD total return	154.43%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	3.3M
Float percentage	54.96%
Shares change (QoQ)	1.12%
Shares change (YoY)	2.33%
Shares held by insiders	5.36%
Shares held by institutions	23.8%
Shares outstanding	6M
Short % of float	4%
Short % of shares	2.2%
Short ratio	4.9 days

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Sensitivity

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Risks

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Earnings

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Financials

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

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