Noodles vs Sweetgreen
NDLS and SG 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 SG compare
Sweetgreen is the larger company, worth 18 times as much as Noodles ($1.5B against $82.0M).
Noodles grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.19% versus 0.03% for Sweetgreen).
Sweetgreen keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.8% compared with −4.7% at Noodles.
Sweetgreen scores higher on the StockData Score (7 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 | SG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $82.0M | $1.5B |
| Share price | $13.75 | $12.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 127% | 137% |
| Change, 5 years | −85.1% | −76.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.08 | 1.66 |
| Employees | 6,500 | 6,486 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 7 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 82.5× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 2.2× |
| P/B | – | 3.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.5× | – |
| P/FCF | 21.8× | – |
| FCF yield | 4.6% (better) | −6.9% |
| Fair value | – | $5.47 |
| Margin of safety | – | −126% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.19% (better) | 0.03% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% | 25.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 11.1% |
| Operating margin | −2.6% (better) | −20.7% |
| Net margin | −4.7% | 2.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.76% (better) | −14.8% |
| Return on equity | – | 4.6% |
| Return on invested capital | −16.1% (better) | −45.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 8.65 | – |
| Interest coverage | −1.2× (better) | −1323.6× |
| Current ratio | 0.29 | 1.27 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.48 | 0.88 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 47.9% | 80.7% |
| Held by insiders | – | 12.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | $3.0M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 20.9% |
Go deeper
- NDLS stock overview
- NDLS income statement
- NDLS valuation and score
- SG stock overview
- SG income statement
- SG valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.