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Noodles & Co

NSQ:NDLS · US65540B1052
Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureSmall

360

41
EV / EBIT1
Price / Owner Earnings71
Owner Earnings Yield1
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales91
EV / Gross Profit45
Price/Book82
Return on Capital23
Cash Return on Capital20
EBIT Margin23
Gross Profitability49
Accruals89
Owner Earnings Margin24
Sales growth19
Profit growth11
Reinvestment13
Price momentum98
Debt load24
Refinancing17
Debt Payback1
Liquidity12
Analyst ratings10
Expectations trend50
Market mood5
Value Creation6/20not creating value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Noodles & Co doesn't consistently earn more than its cost of capital, so it isn't yet creating shareholder value.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryHotels, Restaurants & Leisure
SizeSmall
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded2002
Employees1,842
Websitenoodles.com
ISINUS65540B1052
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
Food DeliveryCustomer ServiceFood and BeverageRestaurants

Description

Noodles & Company (‘Noodles’) operates as a restaurant concept offering lunch and dinner within the fast-casual segment of the restaurant industry. The company’s core offerings include noodle and pasta dishes, staples of many different cuisines, wit…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Noodles & Company sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 6/20 on our value-creation score: not creating value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
19
2023202420252026

All-time high

19

Jun 2026

All-time low

1

Jan 2024

Average rank

7

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
91
88
87
79
Price/Earnings
97
3
3
63
Price/Book
82
4
27
5
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
92
25
12
21

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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