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Noodles (NDLS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Noodles (NDLS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 14 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2025, Return on Sales fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.07%, compared with a TTM value of 0.09% through Sep 2025, down 2.0%, and an annual FY2024 reading of 0.07%, down 5.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.07% for Q3 2025 at Noodles, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.05% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.14% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales increased 21bps in 2021, then fell -10bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.04% in 2021, then soared by 115bps to 0.01% in 2022, then fell by -11bps to 0.01% in 2023, then crashed by -1650bps to 0.08% in 2024, then increased by 12bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for NDLS at 0.07% in Q3 2025, 0.14% in Q3 2025, and 0.07% in Q2 2025.