---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001275158-24-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDLS"
cik: "0001275158"
company_name: "NOODLES & Co"
filed_at: "2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:21:44.725445+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Noodles & Company Q3 revenue down 4% to $122.8M; net loss of $6.8M vs year-ago profit

## Summary
- Total revenue $122.8M, -4.0% YoY; comparable restaurant sales -3.3% system-wide.
- Net loss $6.8M ($0.15 loss per diluted share) vs net income $0.7M ($0.02 EPS) last year.
- Operating margin -3.9% vs 1.6%; restaurant contribution margin 12.8% vs 16.4%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $4.9M, down 55% from $10.9M in Q3 2023.
- Opened 3 company-owned and 1 franchise restaurant; credit agreement amended post-quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001275158-24-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDLS
- cik: 0001275158
- company_name: NOODLES & Co
- filed_at: 2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515824000097/0001275158-24-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515824000097/ndls-20241106.htm

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