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Noodles (NDLS) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Noodles (NDLS) over the last 14 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 5.18%.

  • Noodles' Operating Margin fell 12700.0% to 5.18% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 7.05%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 21100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 5.63% for FY2024, which is 46300.0% down from last year.
  • Per Noodles' latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 5.18% for Q3 2025, which was down 12700.0% from 11.69% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Noodles' Operating Margin ranged from a high of 4.94% in Q2 2021 and a low of 11.69% during Q3 2025
  • For the 5-year period, Noodles' Operating Margin averaged around 2.34%, with its median value being 2.57% (2024).
  • In the last 5 years, Noodles' Operating Margin surged by 205700bps in 2021 and then tumbled by -88200bps in 2024.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Noodles' Operating Margin stood at 3.79% in 2021, then surged by 131bps to 1.18% in 2022, then surged by 35bps to 1.59% in 2023, then crashed by -480bps to 6.05% in 2024, then rose by 14bps to 5.18% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin was 5.18% in Q3 2025, compared to 11.69% in Q3 2025 and 5.16% in Q2 2025.