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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Noodles (NDLS) over the last 13 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 1.0%.

  • Noodles' Return on Invested Capital rose 37700.0% to 1.0% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 1.0%, marking a year-over-year increase of 37700.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 2.58% for FY2024, which is 24200.0% down from last year.
  • Per Noodles' latest filing, its Return on Invested Capital stood at 1.0% for Q3 2025, which was up 37700.0% from 1.49% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Noodles' Return on Invested Capital peaked at 30.17% during Q4 2024, and registered a low of 2.77% during Q4 2024.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 1.75%, with a median of 0.03% in 2022.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first tumbled by -28100bps in 2024, then skyrocketed by 37700bps in 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Noodles' Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.14% in 2021, then tumbled by -242bps to 0.2% in 2022, then soared by 121bps to 0.04% in 2023, then surged by 72449bps to 30.17% in 2024, then tumbled by -97bps to 1.0% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 1.0% in Q3 2025, compared to 1.49% in Q3 2025 and 3.09% in Q2 2025.