Noodles & Company
General ticker "NDLS" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Restaurants
- Capitalization: $247.5M (TTM average)
Noodles & Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 29.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 4.6%: low 12.12$, high 13.30$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 7300 (-3.9%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Operational and conduct risks, Market competition, Reputation and brand risks, Challenges in opening new restaurants, Franchisee performance
- Current price 31.6% above estimated high
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-30 to 2027-12-30
- 2025-12-30 to 2026-12-30 estimated range: [3.24$, 9.78$]
- 2026-12-30 to 2027-12-30 estimated range: [4.01$, 11.21$]
Financial Metrics affecting the NDLS estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of -6.1 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Negative: negative Operating income
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 23.90 > 12.90
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.17
- Positive: 0.05 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.61
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.25 <= 0.28
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.11 <= 0
- Negative: negative Net income
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Financial data
| YTD | 2024-01-02 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $503.40MM | $493.27MM | $495.09MM |
| Operating Expenses | $508.43MM | $521.05MM | $526.68MM |
| Operating Income | $-5.03MM | $-27.78MM | $-31.59MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-4.80MM | $-8.38MM | $-10.91MM |
| Interest Expense | $4.80MM | $8.38MM | $10.91MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-9.83MM | $-36.16MM | $-42.50MM |
| Taxes | $0.02MM | $0.05MM | $0.06MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-9.86MM | $-36.21MM | $-42.57MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $27.16MM | $-5.58MM | $-45.30MM |
| Inventory | $10.25MM | $10.50MM | $10.22MM |
| Assets | $368.10MM | $324.65MM | $261.67MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $27.50MM | $7.56MM | $7.28MM |
| Capital expenditure | $52.04MM | $28.77MM | $12.39MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-51.80MM | $-26.71MM | $-12.39MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $25.80MM | $17.29MM | $5.23MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-1.72 | $-6.37 | $-7.28 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.