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Noodles (NDLS) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Noodles' Free Cash Flow history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at -$3.4 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 75.23% year-over-year to -$3.4 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$5.1 million, up 75.9%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$5.1 million, 75.9% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached -$3.4 million in Q4 2025 per NDLS's latest filing, down from $1.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $14.7 million in Q2 2021 to a low of -$14.5 million in Q1 2022.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is -$2.2 million, with a median of -$1.6 million recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: soared 229.1% in 2021, then crashed 1483.56% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $458000.0 in 2021, then crashed by 983.84% to -$4.0 million in 2022, then grew by 20.6% to -$3.2 million in 2023, then plummeted by 328.66% to -$13.8 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 75.23% to -$3.4 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NDLS's Free Cash Flow are -$3.4 million (Q4 2025), $1.4 million (Q3 2025), and -$4.3 million (Q3 2025).