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Noodles (NDLS) Change in Inventory (2013 - 2026)

Noodles posted quarterly Change in Inventory of -$4000.0 for Q1 2026, down 100.54% year-on-year from $744000.0 in Q1 2025, and down 101.74% on a QoQ basis from $230000.0 in Q4 2025.

Noodles (NDLS) has 14 years of Change in Inventory data on file, last reported at -$4000.0 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Change in Inventory fell 100.54% year-over-year to -$4000.0; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$135000.0 (down 110.49% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $613000.0, down 12.68% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory for Q1 2026 stood at -$4000.0, down from $230000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $744000.0 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$406000.0 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $140000.0 (2022), against an average of $109785.7.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Change in Inventory soared 383.78%; it then plunged 216.18% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it stood at $121000.0 in 2022, then plunged by 163.64% to -$77000.0 in 2023, then soared by 367.53% to $206000.0 in 2024, then grew by 11.65% to $230000.0 in 2025, then plunged by 101.74% to -$4000.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at -$4000.0 (Q1 2026), $230000.0 (Q4 2025), and -$79000.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 58.60 Mn
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn -
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn -4.75 Mn
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn -
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn -9.20 Mn
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn -30.00 Mn
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 163,000.00
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn -
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 438,000.00
10 Noodles 73.79 Mn 72.35 Mn 98.07 Mn -4,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -4,000.00
Mar 31, 2026 -4,000.00
Dec 30, 2025 230,000.00
Dec 30, 2025 230,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 -79,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 -79,000.00
Jul 1, 2025 -282,000.00
Jul 1, 2025 -282,000.00
Apr 1, 2025 744,000.00
Apr 1, 2025 744,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 206,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 206,000.00
Oct 1, 2024 68,000.00
Oct 1, 2024 68,000.00
Jul 2, 2024 269,000.00
Jul 2, 2024 269,000.00
Apr 2, 2024 159,000.00
Apr 2, 2024 159,000.00
Jan 2, 2024 -406,000.00
Jan 2, 2024 -406,000.00
Apr 4, 2023 -77,000.00
Apr 4, 2023 -77,000.00
Sep 27, 2022 121,000.00
Sep 27, 2022 121,000.00
Jun 28, 2022 273,000.00
Jun 28, 2022 273,000.00
Mar 29, 2022 315,000.00
Mar 29, 2022 315,000.00
Dec 28, 2021 161,000.00
Dec 28, 2021 161,000.00
Sep 28, 2021 220,000.00
Sep 28, 2021 220,000.00
Jun 29, 2021 112,000.00
Jun 29, 2021 112,000.00
Mar 30, 2021 -111,000.00
Mar 30, 2021 -111,000.00
Dec 29, 2020 14,000.00
Dec 29, 2020 14,000.00
Sep 29, 2020 231,000.00
Sep 29, 2020 231,000.00
Jun 30, 2020 -2,000.00
Jun 30, 2020 -2,000.00
Mar 31, 2020 -304,000.00
Mar 31, 2020 -304,000.00
Dec 31, 2019 276,000.00
Dec 31, 2019 276,000.00
Oct 1, 2019 2,000.00
Oct 1, 2019 2,000.00
Jul 2, 2019 124,000.00
Jul 2, 2019 124,000.00
Apr 2, 2019 223,000.00
Apr 2, 2019 223,000.00
Jan 1, 2019 183,000.00
Jan 1, 2019 183,000.00
Apr 3, 2018 44,000.00
Apr 3, 2018 44,000.00
Oct 3, 2017 -110,000.00
Oct 3, 2017 -110,000.00
Jul 4, 2017 345,000.00
Jul 4, 2017 345,000.00
Apr 4, 2017 123,000.00
Apr 4, 2017 123,000.00
Jan 3, 2017 73,000.00
Jan 3, 2017 73,000.00
Sep 27, 2016 416,000.00
Sep 27, 2016 416,000.00
Jun 28, 2016 70,000.00
Jun 28, 2016 70,000.00
Mar 29, 2016 231,000.00
Mar 29, 2016 231,000.00
Dec 29, 2015 113,000.00
Dec 29, 2015 113,000.00
Sep 29, 2015 472,000.00
Sep 29, 2015 472,000.00
Jun 30, 2015 196,000.00
Jun 30, 2015 196,000.00
Mar 31, 2015 277,000.00
Mar 31, 2015 277,000.00
Dec 30, 2014 201,000.00
Dec 30, 2014 201,000.00
Sep 30, 2014 600,000.00
Sep 30, 2014 600,000.00
Jul 1, 2014 639,000.00
Jul 1, 2014 639,000.00
Apr 1, 2014 400,000.00
Apr 1, 2014 400,000.00
Dec 31, 2013 141,000.00
Dec 31, 2013 141,000.00
Oct 1, 2013 513,000.00
Oct 1, 2013 513,000.00
Jul 2, 2013 144,000.00
Jul 2, 2013 144,000.00
Apr 2, 2013 383,000.00
Apr 2, 2013 383,000.00