secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NOODLES & Co (NDLS)
CIK:        0001275158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-24T11:55:26+00:00
Accession:  0001275158-26-000047
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Noodles & Company Q2 2026 net loss narrows to $4.0M; comp sales up 10.3%
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- Total revenue $127.0M, up 0.5% YoY; comparable restaurant sales increased 10.3% system-wide.
- Net loss of $4.0M ($0.67 loss per diluted share) vs. net loss of $17.6M ($3.04 loss per share) in Q2 2025.
- Adjusted EBITDA rose 79% to $10.8M from $6.0M; restaurant contribution margin improved to 17.2% from 12.8%.
- Operating margin improved to (1.2)% from (11.7)% in the prior year quarter.
- Company-owned comp sales up 11.4%, franchise comps up 5.5%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515826000047/0001275158-26-000047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515826000047/ndls-20260724.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-26-000047

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