All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-12-29.
From the record
Noodles & Company's filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2025-12-29); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-09-12) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+0.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 2 of 10.
From the record
Noodles & Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $487 million in fiscal 2017 to $495 million in fiscal 2025, up 0.2% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 2 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.3% a year. 12% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-30, Noodles & Company's diluted share count grew about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 12% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
Leverage 117%: owes 117¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-30, Noodles & Company's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 117 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 23% of 43 in its family; net margin -8.6%.
From the record
Noodles & Company's standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $495 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of -8.6% ranks in the bottom 22%; revenue growth of -1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 10% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 39% of 30 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.
From the record
Noodles & Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Christina, Joseph (CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-09-03, 1.2 years (bottom 29% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.4 years (top 26%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 13%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 22% of 41 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Noodles & Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1 million against debt of $109 million leaves -41.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1% of revenue (bottom 27%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 24% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Noodles & Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1% a year over the last three filed years against 0.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 35% of its family); the newest year grew 0.4% (bottom 27%); capital spending grew -28.6% a year (bottom 11%) (its annual reports). Noodles & Company reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Food and Beverage at $485 million (98%), Franchise at $10 million (2%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 43% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Noodles & Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $495 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2% above the $485 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 19% of its family); net income of $43 million against a prior three-year average of $16 million (bottom 17%); a net margin of -8.6% against -3.3% before (bottom 32%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made