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Noodles (NDLS) Net Margin (2012 - 2026)

Noodles posted quarterly Net Margin of 2.76% for Q1 2026, up 456.0% year-on-year from 0.5% in Q1 2025, and up 50.22% on a QoQ basis from 5.55% in Q4 2025.

Noodles (NDLS) has 15 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 2.76% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 456.0% year-over-year to 2.76%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.46% (up 44.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.6%, down 126.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 2.76%, up from 5.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 1.03% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 13.88% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 5.28% (2024), against an average of 4.85%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Net Margin slumped 966 bps; it then surged 456 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 0.61% in 2022, then decreased by 11 bps to 0.55% in 2023, then slumped by 1554 bps to 7.96% in 2024, then soared by 30 bps to 5.55% in 2025, then jumped by 50 bps to 2.76% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 2.76% (Q1 2026), 5.55% (Q4 2025), and 7.5% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 5.36%
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 20.98%
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 9.81%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 14.93%
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn -0.11%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 10.06%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 7.56%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 12.15%
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 1.79%
10 Noodles 73.79 Mn 72.35 Mn 98.07 Mn -2.76%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.76%
Dec 30, 2025 -5.55%
Sep 30, 2025 -7.50%
Jul 1, 2025 -13.88%
Apr 1, 2025 -7.32%
Dec 31, 2024 -7.96%
Oct 1, 2024 -5.50%
Jul 2, 2024 -10.70%
Apr 2, 2024 -5.06%
Jan 2, 2024 -4.27%
Oct 3, 2023 0.55%
Jul 4, 2023 -1.04%
Apr 4, 2023 -2.47%
Sep 27, 2022 0.61%
Jun 28, 2022 1.03%
Mar 29, 2022 -5.71%
Dec 28, 2021 -4.13%
Sep 28, 2021 3.75%
Jun 29, 2021 4.52%
Mar 30, 2021 -1.80%
Dec 29, 2020 -3.56%
Sep 29, 2020 -0.12%
Jun 30, 2020 -16.81%
Mar 31, 2020 -5.81%
Dec 31, 2019 8.88%
Oct 1, 2019 3.59%
Jul 2, 2019 0.36%
Apr 2, 2019 -1.68%
Jan 1, 2019 25.23%
Oct 2, 2018 0.90%
Jul 3, 2018 -5.06%
Apr 3, 2018 -3.23%
Jan 2, 2018 -0.43%
Oct 3, 2017 -7.30%
Jul 4, 2017 -7.82%
Apr 4, 2017 -23.83%
Jan 3, 2017 -35.07%
Sep 27, 2016 -8.02%
Jun 28, 2016 -11.60%
Mar 29, 2016 -2.08%
Dec 29, 2015 -3.63%
Sep 29, 2015 -8.37%
Jun 30, 2015 2.66%
Mar 31, 2015 -2.60%
Dec 30, 2014 3.26%
Sep 30, 2014 2.51%
Jul 1, 2014 3.06%
Apr 1, 2014 1.35%
Dec 31, 2013 2.63%
Oct 1, 2013 3.07%
Jul 2, 2013 0.07%
Apr 2, 2013 1.03%
Jan 1, 2013 4.32%
Oct 2, 2012 0.17%
Jul 3, 2012 2.89%