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Noodles (NDLS) EBT Margin (2012 - 2026)

Noodles posted quarterly EBT Margin of 2.75% for Q1 2026, up 454.0% year-on-year from 0.5% in Q1 2025, and up 50.21% on a QoQ basis from 5.53% in Q4 2025.

Noodles (NDLS) has 15 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 2.75% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 454.0% year-over-year to 2.75%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.45% (up 44.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.59%, down 125.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 2.75%, up from 5.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 1.06% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 13.87% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 5.27% (2024), against an average of 4.84%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBT Margin slumped 955 bps; it then surged 454 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 0.61% in 2022, then grew by 8 bps to 0.66% in 2023, then slumped by 1299 bps to 7.95% in 2024, then jumped by 30 bps to 5.53% in 2025, then surged by 50 bps to 2.75% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 2.75% (Q1 2026), 5.53% (Q4 2025), and 7.49% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 7.64%
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 25.06%
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 13.14%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 21.33%
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 10.67%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 13.82%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 9.00%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 15.70%
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 2.21%
10 Noodles 73.79 Mn 72.35 Mn 98.07 Mn -2.75%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.75%
Dec 30, 2025 -5.53%
Sep 30, 2025 -7.49%
Jul 1, 2025 -13.87%
Apr 1, 2025 -7.30%
Dec 31, 2024 -7.95%
Oct 1, 2024 -5.61%
Jul 2, 2024 -10.61%
Apr 2, 2024 -5.00%
Jan 2, 2024 -4.22%
Oct 3, 2023 0.66%
Jul 4, 2023 -1.07%
Apr 4, 2023 -2.53%
Sep 27, 2022 0.61%
Jun 28, 2022 1.06%
Mar 29, 2022 -5.79%
Dec 28, 2021 -4.11%
Sep 28, 2021 3.78%
Jun 29, 2021 4.55%
Mar 30, 2021 -1.81%
Dec 29, 2020 -3.55%
Sep 29, 2020 -0.09%
Jun 30, 2020 -16.77%
Mar 31, 2020 -5.80%
Dec 31, 2019 -1.00%
Oct 1, 2019 3.64%
Jul 2, 2019 0.36%
Apr 2, 2019 -1.68%
Jan 1, 2019 24.80%
Oct 2, 2018 0.89%
Jul 3, 2018 -5.06%
Apr 3, 2018 -3.45%
Jan 2, 2018 0.08%
Oct 3, 2017 -7.33%
Jul 4, 2017 -1.54%
Apr 4, 2017 -22.84%
Jan 3, 2017 -34.98%
Sep 27, 2016 -7.99%
Jun 28, 2016 -9.81%
Mar 29, 2016 -3.04%
Dec 29, 2015 -6.04%
Sep 29, 2015 -13.38%
Jun 30, 2015 4.18%
Mar 31, 2015 -4.30%
Dec 30, 2014 4.86%
Sep 30, 2014 4.20%
Jul 1, 2014 5.12%
Apr 1, 2014 2.30%
Dec 31, 2013 4.97%
Oct 1, 2013 5.13%
Jul 2, 2013 -0.08%
Apr 2, 2013 1.70%
Jan 1, 2013 4.32%
Oct 2, 2012 0.31%
Jul 3, 2012 4.91%