Noodles & Company (NDLS) vs The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (STKS)

Noodles & Company and The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Noodles & Company is the larger, with a market value of $77.0M against $51.7M — 1.5× the size. Noodles & Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.19% against −4.06%. Noodles & Company has the higher net margin (−4.71% vs −14.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (−15.3% vs 2.39%). Across the 19 metrics below, Noodles & Company leads on 10 and The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric NDLS STKS Restaurants median
P/E n/m n/m 22.14
P/S 0.15 0.07 0.91
P/B n/m n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow 19.87 15.72 19.41
EV/EBITDA 16.40 5.98 11.48
EV/Sales 0.42 0.48 1.20
Earnings yield (31.80%) (231.71%) 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 5.03% 6.36% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric NDLS STKS Restaurants median
Gross margin 75.00% 17.99% 38.77%
Operating margin (2.58%) 2.13% 4.30%
Net margin (4.71%) (14.84%) 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 0.76% 0.44% 3.12%
Return on equity 57.04% 309.77% 3.07%
Return on assets (8.80%) (13.04%) 1.50%
Return on invested capital (15.33%) 2.39% 3.14%

Growth

Metric NDLS STKS Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.19% (4.06%) 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.00%) (261.61%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.69% 41.52% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NDLS STKS Restaurants median
Debt to equity (2.05) 2.97 0.10
Current ratio 0.29 0.38 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (29.34) 6.18 0.43

Dividend

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

Size

Metric NDLS STKS Restaurants median
Market cap 77.03m 51.65m 482.66m

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