secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NOODLES & Co (NDLS)
CIK:        0001275158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001275158-25-000100
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Noodles & Company Q3 net loss widens to $9.2M; comp sales up 4.0%
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- Total revenue $122.1M (-0.5% YoY); comparable restaurant sales +4.0% system-wide (company-owned +4.0%, franchise +4.3%).
- Net loss $9.2M ($0.20 diluted loss) vs loss $6.8M ($0.15) in Q3 2024; includes $5.3M pre-tax impairments for planned store closures.
- Adjusted EBITDA $6.5M (+32.7% vs $4.9M); restaurant contribution margin 13.2% vs 12.8%.
- Operating margin (5.2)% vs (3.9)% in prior year quarter.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000100/0001275158-25-000100-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000100/ndls-20251105.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-25-000100

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