---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001275158-21-000103"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDLS"
cik: "0001275158"
company_name: "NOODLES & Co"
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:08:56.874237+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Noodles & Company Q2 revenue $125.6M (+57%), net income $5.7M, record AUV $1.35M

## Summary
- Total revenue up 57% to $125.6M; comparable restaurant sales +56.8% system-wide.
- Net income of $5.7M ($0.12 diluted EPS) vs net loss of $13.5M ($0.30 loss) in Q2 2020.
- Record company average unit volumes of $1.35M, up 51.5% YoY and 12.3% vs Q2 2019.
- Restaurant contribution margin of 18.9%, highest since Q4 2014, up 1,220 basis points.
- Digital sales grew 15% to 56% of total sales; net debt decreased to $19.9M from $34.2M (Q4 2020).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001275158-21-000103
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDLS
- cik: 0001275158
- company_name: NOODLES & Co
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515821000103/0001275158-21-000103-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515821000103/ndls-20210803.htm

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