Discounted Cash Flow

Noodles & Co.

NDLS · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

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Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2016 $487.5m $-71.7m $-18.6m -14.7% $-2.58
2017 $456.5m (-6.4%) $-37.5m (47.7%) $3.9m (121.0%) -8.2% (44.2%) $-1.20 (53.5%)
2018 $456.5m (0.0%) $-37.5m (0.0%) $-16.7m (-527.9%) -8.2% (0.0%)
2019 $462.4m (1.3%) $1.6m (104.4%) $-12.1m (27.9%) 0.4% (104.3%) $0.04
2020 $393.7m (-14.9%) $-23.3m (-1512.2%) $-2.7m (78.0%) -5.9% (-1758.9%) $-0.53 (-1425.0%)
2021 $475.2m (20.7%) $3.7m (115.8%) $17.4m (754.2%) 0.8% (113.1%) $0.08 (115.1%)
2022 $509.5m (7.2%) $-3.3m (-190.4%) $-24.3m (-239.9%) -0.7% (-184.3%) $-0.07 (-187.5%)
2023 $509.5m (0.0%) $-3.3m (0.0%) $-24.3m (0.0%) -0.7% (0.0%)
2024 $493.3m (-3.2%) $-36.2m (-992.7%) $-1.3m (94.8%) -7.3% (-1028.6%) $-0.80
2025 $495.1m (0.4%) $-42.6m (-17.5%) $-5.1m (-301.8%) -8.6% (-17.1%) $-7.36 (-820.0%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

Projection period: years

Alt A decline yrs:

Alt B total yrs:

Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

PV of projected FCF:

Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

+ 10YR Financials Balance Sheet (10YR) Cash Flow (10YR) DCF Model

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