Noodles & Company (NDLS) Stock Analysis

Company Overview

The market values Noodles & Company (NDLS) at $85.44M. It is classified in the Restaurants industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector. The company reports 6,500 employees.

NDLS last closed at $14.32 on September 4, 2026. That is −$0.08 (−0.56%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $3.57 to $19.00. The latest close sits 301.12% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $495.09M. Against the prior fiscal year total of $493.27M, that is a change of +0.37%. The same year closed with a net loss of $42.57M. The reported profit margin is −4.71%. That is 6.6 percentage points below the Restaurants median of 1.93%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to −3.98.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $509.48M in 2022 to $495.09M in 2025. Of those 4 years, 0 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The record shows negative trailing earnings, so no price-to-earnings ratio is published. On forward earnings the ratio is 31.13. The price-to-sales ratio is 0.17. On price-to-sales that is 0.2 times the Restaurants median of 0.95. 62 Restaurants companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

The reported beta is 1.34. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 72.35%. The trailing one-year price return is +159.42%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at −12.17%.

Growth & Income

The record shows no dividend for NDLS.

The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2020 at +42.60%; the weakest is 2024 at −81.59%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 5 finished higher. 2026 is still running; the price is +152.11% year to date.