Noodles vs Wingstop
NDLS and WING side by side, both in eating and drinking places. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How NDLS and WING compare
Wingstop is the larger company, worth 45 times as much as Noodles ($4.1B against $91.6M).
Wingstop grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.6% versus 0.19% for Noodles).
Wingstop keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.2% compared with −4.7% at Noodles.
Wingstop pays a dividend yielding 0.82%; Noodles does not pay one.
Wingstop scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 2 for Noodles), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | NDLS | WING |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $91.6M | $4.1B |
| Share price | $15.35 | $149.73 |
| Change, 1 year | 167% | −38.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −84.4% | −10.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.13 | 1.41 |
| Employees | 6,500 | 1,367 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 35.6× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 5.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.3× (better) | 22.7× |
| P/FCF | 24.4× (better) | 31.7× |
| PEG | – | 0.68 |
| FCF yield | 4.1% (better) | 3.2% |
| Fair value | – | $199.40 |
| Margin of safety | – | 24.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.19% | 7.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% | 22.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −32.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −29.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 51.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 86.3% |
| Operating margin | −2.6% | 27.9% (better) |
| Net margin | −4.7% | 16.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.76% | 17.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −16.1% | 50.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 8.65 | 4.76 (better) |
| Interest coverage | −1.2× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.29 | 2.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.50 | 2.41 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.82% |
| Payout ratio | – | 28.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −27.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 5.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 47.9% | 124% |
| Held by insiders | – | 0.73% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$986K |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 18.6% |
Go deeper
- NDLS stock overview
- NDLS income statement
- NDLS valuation and score
- WING stock overview
- WING income statement
- WING valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.