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Noodles (NDLS) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Noodles' Gross Margin history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 80.25% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 44.0% year-over-year to 80.25%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 80.03%, down 71.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 80.03%, 71.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 80.25% in Q4 2025 per NDLS's latest filing, roughly flat from 79.88% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 83.22% in Q2 2021 to a low of 79.28% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 81.31%, with a median of 81.21% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: soared 292bps in 2021, then plummeted -201bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 81.89% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 82.45% in 2022, then fell by 0bps to 82.36% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 80.69% in 2024, then fell by -1bps to 80.25% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NDLS's Gross Margin are 80.25% (Q4 2025), 79.88% (Q3 2025), and 80.69% (Q3 2025).