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zombie_alert on NOODLES & Co (NDLS)

SIC 5812 — Retail-Eating Places · CIK 1275158 · default direction: long

Definition

Fires on companies with persistent negative free cash flow but still operating — 'walking dead' candidates. Useful as oversold-bounce flag.

Every time the signal fired on NDLS

FYFiling dateEvent date1d5d20d60d252d
FY20242025-03-072025-03-07-7.04%-21.83%-21.13%-47.18%-47.18%
FY20202021-02-262021-02-26+8.58%+15.89%+12.71%+32.52%-24.79%
FY20152016-03-012016-03-01+2.43%-7.00%-6.62%-27.30%-70.34%

Forward returns are stock returns from event date (next trading day after filing). Sign is raw stock direction; the trade direction is in the calibration table below.

Universe-wide calibration (this signal across all companies)

Horizonn eventsGross stock retHit rateTrade dirNet PnLCost (bps)r/σ net
1d1,085+13881.81%+45.90%long-0.60%28-0.10
5d1,079+13913.06%+46.71%long-0.46%28-0.04
20d1,068-0.28%+46.54%long-0.67%28-0.03
60d991+3.27%+49.65%long+2.98%28+0.07
252d970+17.15%+53.51%long+17.86%28+0.22

Net PnL is direction × stock return − round-trip execution cost (5 bps half-spread + ADV-tiered borrow). See zombie_alert methodology for the full audit.


Data: /api/company/1275158/financials