NDLS PEER ANALYSIS

Noodles & Company — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

NDLSNoodles & Company

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Restaurants

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

NDLSIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	NDLS	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	MTY	Ind. Median
P/E	—	721.68	—	—	5.61●	29.65
P/B	-1.77●	2.74	1.99	2.41	1.01	1.94
EV/EBITDA	—	4.09●	6.54	6.50	6.05	14.57
P/S	0.17●	0.75	0.75	0.61	0.74	1.06

Financial Health
Metric	NDLS	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	MTY	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.28	0.66	0.74	1.24●	0.69	0.72
Debt/Equity	-528.0%●	65.5%	65.7%	109.7%	127.6%	83.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-3,318.83●	0.70	1.32	1.68	3.29	3.64

Profitability
Metric	NDLS	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	MTY	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-7.5%	0.1%	-2.1%	-1.0%	13.1%●	3.0%
ROE	—	0.4%	-6.0%	-4.8%	18.5%●	8.0%
ROA	-13.1%	0.2%	-2.9%	-1.6%	6.1%●	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	-0.0%	22.2%	14.4%	12.7%	26.8%●	12.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NDLS	BIGCH	BYDNR	ETILR	MTY	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.1%	9.4%●	3.2%	5.5%	0.6%	5.4%
NI Growth	—	-96.5%	—	—	1,691.1%●	-1.1%
Div. Yield	—	2.4%	1.9%	0.0%	3.6%●	2.1%
Payout	—	1,709.3%	-69.0%	0.0%	20.2%	45.9%

Valuation
Metric	NDLS	STKS	RRGB	RICK	JACK	PTLO	Ind. Median
P/E	—	—	—	—	9.32●	22.96	29.65
P/B	-1.77●	0.52	-1.21	0.92	-0.36	0.76	1.94
EV/EBITDA	—	12.83	12.25●	19.24	14.68	14.46	14.57
P/S	0.17	0.08●	0.11	0.75	0.26	0.49	1.06

Financial Health
Metric	NDLS	STKS	RRGB	RICK	JACK	PTLO	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.28	0.36	0.47	0.55	0.65●	0.26	0.72
Debt/Equity	-528.0%●	538.7%	-477.5%	120.7%	-283.1%	146.2%	83.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-3,318.83●	11.70	9.67	10.42	12.99	9.39	3.64

Profitability
Metric	NDLS	STKS	RRGB	RICK	JACK	PTLO	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-7.5%	-11.1%	-2.2%	-2.6%	2.8%●	2.1%	3.0%
ROE	—	-55.3%	—	-2.9%	—	3.6%●	8.0%
ROA	-13.1%	-9.8%	-4.6%	-1.2%	1.6%●	1.0%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	-0.0%	6.7%	4.2%	8.5%	15.5%●	9.6%	12.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NDLS	STKS	RRGB	RICK	JACK	PTLO	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.1%	1.0%	-4.5%	-1.8%	-17.2%	2.4%●	5.4%
NI Growth	—	—	—	—	—	-44.7%	-1.1%
Div. Yield	—	—	—	1.1%●	0.0%	—	2.1%
Payout	—	—	—	-33.6%	0.0%	—	45.9%

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