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Noodles & Company NDLS Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$123.8M0.0%
Operating income-$812.0K+87.3%
Net income-$3.4M+62.3%
EPS (diluted)-$0.58+63.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.4M+3.4%
Total debt$253.7M-12.6%
Total equity-$48.0M-246%
Total assets$246.3M-22.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$6.0M+49.2%
CapEx$2.1M-28.8%
Free cash flow$3.9M+253%

Valuation

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Market cap$88.09M+160%
Enterprise value$340.32M+7.0%
P/S0.2×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin74.7%
Operating margin-5.3%-0.6pp
Net margin-7.5%-0.4pp
FCF margin-3.7%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-180.2%
Debt / equity77.5×+68.6×
Current ratio0.3×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Noodles & Company’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Noodles & Company’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Noodles & Company's return on assets?
Noodles & Company (NDLS) reported return on assets of -13.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Noodles & Company's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Noodles & Company's return on assets decreased by 13.4% year-over-year, from -11.5% to -13.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Noodles & Company's return on assets?
Over 3 years (2020 to 2025), Noodles & Company's return on assets has grown at a 31.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -6.4% to -14.5%.
What does return on assets mean?
Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average total assets. Measures how efficiently the asset base generates profit, independent of how those assets are financed. Computed as net income over average total assets — note this is OpenCapital's standard definition and may differ from data vendors that use alternative numerators.