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Noodles (NDLS) Share-based Compensation (2013 - 2026)

Noodles posted quarterly Share-based Compensation of $760000.0 for Q1 2026, down 1.43% year-on-year from $771000.0 in Q1 2025, and up 96.89% on a QoQ basis from $386000.0 in Q4 2025.

Noodles (NDLS) has 14 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $760000.0 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation fell 1.43% year-over-year to $760000.0; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.0 million (down 8.26% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.0 million, down 16.9% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $760000.0, up from $386000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $1.5 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $333000.0 in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $845500.0 (2024), against an average of $921785.7.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Share-based Compensation surged 55.56%; it then tumbled 62.2% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $736000.0 in 2022, then jumped by 76.9% to $1.3 million in 2023, then slumped by 74.42% to $333000.0 in 2024, then climbed by 15.92% to $386000.0 in 2025, then soared by 96.89% to $760000.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $760000.0 (Q1 2026), $386000.0 (Q4 2025), and $1.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 93.20 Mn
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 24.00 Mn
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 28.00 Mn
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 35.00 Mn
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 17.60 Mn
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 10.00 Mn
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 13.46 Mn
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 8.79 Mn
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 3.45 Mn
10 Noodles 73.79 Mn 72.35 Mn 98.07 Mn 760,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 760,000.00
Mar 31, 2026 760,000.00
Dec 30, 2025 386,000.00
Dec 30, 2025 386,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 1.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.11 Mn
Jul 1, 2025 732,000.00
Jul 1, 2025 732,000.00
Apr 1, 2025 771,000.00
Apr 1, 2025 771,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 333,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 333,000.00
Oct 1, 2024 810,000.00
Oct 1, 2024 810,000.00
Jul 2, 2024 1.34 Mn
Jul 2, 2024 1.34 Mn
Apr 2, 2024 1.12 Mn
Apr 2, 2024 1.12 Mn
Jan 2, 2024 881,000.00
Jan 2, 2024 881,000.00
Apr 4, 2023 1.30 Mn
Apr 4, 2023 1.30 Mn
Sep 27, 2022 736,000.00
Sep 27, 2022 736,000.00
Jun 28, 2022 1.50 Mn
Jun 28, 2022 1.50 Mn
Mar 29, 2022 1.12 Mn
Mar 29, 2022 1.12 Mn
Dec 28, 2021 674,000.00
Dec 28, 2021 674,000.00
Sep 28, 2021 1.15 Mn
Sep 28, 2021 1.15 Mn
Jun 29, 2021 1.56 Mn
Jun 29, 2021 1.56 Mn
Mar 30, 2021 720,000.00
Mar 30, 2021 720,000.00
Dec 29, 2020 593,000.00
Dec 29, 2020 593,000.00
Sep 29, 2020 651,000.00
Sep 29, 2020 651,000.00
Jun 30, 2020 1.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 1.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 159,000.00
Mar 31, 2020 159,000.00
Dec 31, 2019 663,000.00
Dec 31, 2019 663,000.00
Oct 1, 2019 -61,000.00
Oct 1, 2019 -61,000.00
Jul 2, 2019 1.12 Mn
Jul 2, 2019 1.12 Mn
Apr 2, 2019 726,000.00
Apr 2, 2019 726,000.00
Jan 1, 2019 1.79 Mn
Jan 1, 2019 1.79 Mn
Apr 3, 2018 580,000.00
Apr 3, 2018 580,000.00
Oct 3, 2017 248,000.00
Oct 3, 2017 248,000.00
Jul 4, 2017 647,000.00
Jul 4, 2017 647,000.00
Apr 4, 2017 298,000.00
Apr 4, 2017 298,000.00
Jan 3, 2017 298,000.00
Jan 3, 2017 298,000.00
Sep 27, 2016 1.17 Mn
Sep 27, 2016 1.17 Mn
Jun 28, 2016 501,000.00
Jun 28, 2016 501,000.00
Mar 29, 2016 348,000.00
Mar 29, 2016 348,000.00
Dec 29, 2015 433,000.00
Dec 29, 2015 433,000.00
Sep 29, 2015 411,000.00
Sep 29, 2015 411,000.00
Jun 30, 2015 464,000.00
Jun 30, 2015 464,000.00
Mar 31, 2015 161,000.00
Mar 31, 2015 161,000.00
Dec 30, 2014 302,000.00
Dec 30, 2014 302,000.00
Sep 30, 2014 363,000.00
Sep 30, 2014 363,000.00
Jul 1, 2014 525,000.00
Jul 1, 2014 525,000.00
Apr 1, 2014 140,000.00
Apr 1, 2014 140,000.00
Dec 31, 2013 165,000.00
Dec 31, 2013 165,000.00
Oct 1, 2013 132,000.00
Oct 1, 2013 132,000.00
Jul 2, 2013 3.57 Mn
Jul 2, 2013 3.57 Mn
Apr 2, 2013 363,000.00
Apr 2, 2013 363,000.00