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Noodles (NDLS) Tax Rate (2012 - 2026)

Noodles posted quarterly Tax Rate of 0.21% for Q1 2026, up 5.0% year-on-year from 0.2% in Q1 2025, and up 7.04% on a QoQ basis from 0.22% in Q4 2025.

Noodles (NDLS) has 15 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 0.21% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.13% (down 10.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.15%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 0.21%, up from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 17.45% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 1.16% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 0.09% (2024), against an average of 1.51%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Tax Rate soared 1758 bps; it then plunged 1561 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 0.13% in 2022, then soared by 13958 bps to 17.45% in 2023, then plunged by 100 bps to 0.06% in 2024, then tumbled by 257 bps to 0.22% in 2025, then climbed by 7 bps to 0.21% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 0.21% (Q1 2026), 0.22% (Q4 2025), and 0.05% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 29.84
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 16.28
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 25.38
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 7.87
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 12.95
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 27.21
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 14.31
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 22.60
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 19.05
10 Noodles 73.79 Mn 72.35 Mn 98.07 Mn -0.21

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.21
Mar 31, 2026 -0.21
Dec 30, 2025 -0.22
Dec 30, 2025 -0.22
Sep 30, 2025 -0.05
Sep 30, 2025 -0.05
Jul 1, 2025 -0.12
Jul 1, 2025 -0.12
Apr 1, 2025 -0.25
Apr 1, 2025 -0.25
Dec 31, 2024 -0.06
Dec 31, 2024 -0.06
Oct 1, 2024 1.85
Oct 1, 2024 1.85
Jul 2, 2024 -0.81
Jul 2, 2024 -0.81
Apr 2, 2024 -1.07
Apr 2, 2024 -1.07
Jan 2, 2024 -1.16
Jan 2, 2024 -1.16
Oct 3, 2023 17.45
Oct 3, 2023 17.45
Jul 4, 2023 2.25
Jul 4, 2023 2.25
Apr 4, 2023 2.29
Apr 4, 2023 2.29
Sep 27, 2022 -0.13
Sep 27, 2022 -0.13
Jun 28, 2022 3.17
Jun 28, 2022 3.17
Mar 29, 2022 1.27
Mar 29, 2022 1.27
Dec 28, 2021 -0.47
Dec 28, 2021 -0.47
Sep 28, 2021 0.61
Sep 28, 2021 0.61
Jun 29, 2021 0.51
Jun 29, 2021 0.51
Mar 30, 2021 0.50
Mar 30, 2021 0.50
Dec 29, 2020 -0.29
Dec 29, 2020 -0.29
Sep 29, 2020 -27.00
Sep 29, 2020 -27.00
Jun 30, 2020 -0.25
Jun 30, 2020 -0.25
Mar 31, 2020 -0.22
Mar 31, 2020 -0.22
Dec 31, 2019 -3.50
Dec 31, 2019 -3.50
Oct 1, 2019 1.49
Oct 1, 2019 1.49
Jan 1, 2019 -1.70
Jan 1, 2019 -1.70
Oct 2, 2018 -1.06
Oct 2, 2018 -1.06
Jul 3, 2018 0.12
Jul 3, 2018 0.12
Apr 3, 2018 6.32
Apr 3, 2018 6.32
Oct 3, 2017 0.49
Oct 3, 2017 0.49
Jul 4, 2017 -4.61
Jul 4, 2017 -4.61
Apr 4, 2017 -0.72
Apr 4, 2017 -0.72
Jan 3, 2017 -0.24
Jan 3, 2017 -0.24
Sep 27, 2016 -0.42
Sep 27, 2016 -0.42
Jun 28, 2016 -18.28
Jun 28, 2016 -18.28
Mar 29, 2016 31.55
Mar 29, 2016 31.55
Dec 29, 2015 39.89
Dec 29, 2015 39.89
Sep 29, 2015 37.42
Sep 29, 2015 37.42
Jun 30, 2015 36.45
Jun 30, 2015 36.45
Mar 31, 2015 39.48
Mar 31, 2015 39.48
Dec 30, 2014 33.02
Dec 30, 2014 33.02
Sep 30, 2014 40.34
Sep 30, 2014 40.34
Jul 1, 2014 40.27
Jul 1, 2014 40.27
Apr 1, 2014 41.54
Apr 1, 2014 41.54
Dec 31, 2013 46.98
Dec 31, 2013 46.98
Oct 1, 2013 40.07
Oct 1, 2013 40.07
Jul 2, 2013 188.31
Jul 2, 2013 188.31
Apr 2, 2013 39.17
Apr 2, 2013 39.17
Oct 2, 2012 44.58
Oct 2, 2012 44.58
Jul 3, 2012 41.19
Jul 3, 2012 41.19