Noodles & Company (NDLS) vs Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB)

Noodles & Company and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $142.9M against $77.0M — 1.9× the size. Noodles & Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.19% against −3.71%. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. has the higher net margin (−2.55% vs −4.71%) and the higher return on invested capital (−10.8% vs −15.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. leads on 11 and Noodles & Company on 8.

Valuation

Metric NDLS RRGB Restaurants median
P/E n/m n/m 22.14
P/S 0.15 0.11 0.91
P/B n/m n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow 19.87 36.89 19.41
EV/EBITDA 16.40 5.52 11.48
EV/Sales 0.42 0.22 1.20
Earnings yield (31.80%) (23.31%) 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 5.03% 2.71% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric NDLS RRGB Restaurants median
Gross margin 75.00% 14.50% 38.77%
Operating margin (2.58%) (0.37%) 4.30%
Net margin (4.71%) (2.55%) 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 0.76% 0.31% 3.12%
Return on equity 57.04% 32.91% 3.07%
Return on assets (8.80%) (5.44%) 1.50%
Return on invested capital (15.33%) (10.78%) 3.14%

Growth

Metric NDLS RRGB Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.19% (3.71%) 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.00%) 73.43% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.69% 6.86% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NDLS RRGB Restaurants median
Debt to equity (2.05) (1.55) 0.10
Current ratio 0.29 0.71 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (29.34) 2.34 0.43

Dividend

Metric NDLS RRGB Restaurants median
Dividend yield — — 2.32%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric NDLS RRGB Restaurants median
Market cap 77.03m 142.91m 482.66m

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