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Noodles (NDLS) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Noodles' Return on Invested Capital history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.75% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 2942.0% year-over-year to 0.75%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.75%, down 2942.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.24%, 382.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.75% in Q4 2025 per NDLS's latest filing, down from 1.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 30.17% in Q4 2024 to a low of 3.42% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 1.65%, with a median of 0.03% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: surged 3027bps in 2024, then tumbled -2942bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.14% in 2021, then plummeted by -242bps to 0.2% in 2022, then surged by 116bps to 0.03% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 96423bps to 30.17% in 2024, then tumbled by -98bps to 0.75% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NDLS's Return on Invested Capital are 0.75% (Q4 2025), 1.0% (Q3 2025), and 1.49% (Q3 2025).