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Noodles (NDLS) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Noodles' Operating Margin history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 3.34% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 270.0% year-over-year to 3.34%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 6.38%, down 75.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 6.38%, 75.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 3.34% in Q4 2025 per NDLS's latest filing, up from 5.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 4.94% in Q2 2021 to a low of 11.69% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 2.56%, with a median of 3.34% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: surged 2057bps in 2021, then tumbled -882bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 3.79% in 2021, then surged by 131bps to 1.18% in 2022, then soared by 35bps to 1.59% in 2023, then crashed by -480bps to 6.05% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 45bps to 3.34% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NDLS's Operating Margin are 3.34% (Q4 2025), 5.18% (Q3 2025), and 11.69% (Q3 2025).