Kura Sushi USA (KRUS)
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Rating:58Neutral
Price Target:
$63.00
▼(-5.84% Downside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:01/23/26
The score is held back primarily by inconsistent profitability and negative free cash flow despite strong revenue growth. Technicals are supportive with a clear uptrend, but overbought signals add near-term risk. Valuation is weak due to losses, while the earnings call provided stable guidance and strong liquidity but highlighted material margin pressure and negative comps.
Positive Factors
Revenue Scale & Growth
Sustained multi-year revenue growth and a much larger revenue base provide durable operating leverage and bargaining power with suppliers. This scale supports national brand building, amortizes fixed costs across units, and underpins unit expansion economics over the next several quarters.
Negative Factors
Negative Free Cash Flow
Persistent negative free cash flow indicates the current growth program and reinvestment needs absorb cash despite positive operating cash flow. Continued negative FCF risks requiring external funding if unit-level margins or openings underperform, limiting self-funded expansion over the medium term.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Revenue Scale & Growth
Sustained multi-year revenue growth and a much larger revenue base provide durable operating leverage and bargaining power with suppliers. This scale supports national brand building, amortizes fixed costs across units, and underpins unit expansion economics over the next several quarters.
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Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$811.47M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)224.28K
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.85
Revenue Growth18.88%
EPS Growth79.28%
CountryUS
Employees3,300
SectorConsumer Cyclical
Sector Strength84
IndustryRestaurants
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.25
Shares Outstanding11,111,427
10 Day Avg. Volume293,307
30 Day Avg. Volume224,276
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio6.66
Price to Book (P/B)4.37
Price to Sales (P/S)3.57
P/FCF Ratio-46.90
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.19
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.30
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit30.05
Enterprise Value/Ebitda86.04
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$72.43Price Target Upside8.25% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering9
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.21
Revenue Forecast (FY)$331.27M
Kura Sushi USA Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. operates technology-enabled Japanese restaurants in the United States. The company's restaurants provide Japanese cuisine through an engaging revolving sushi service model, which is known as 'Kura Experience'. As of August 31,...
How the Company Makes Money
Kura Sushi USA primarily makes money through company-owned restaurant sales. The largest revenue stream is food and beverage revenue from guests dining in its Kura Revolving Sushi Bar locations, including sushi plates delivered via a revolving con...
Kura Sushi USA Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Comparable Restaurant Sales Growth
Measures the sales performance of restaurants open for a year or more, indicating how well existing locations are doing without the influence of new openings. This metric reveals customer loyalty, brand strength, and operational efficiency, providing insight into the company's ability to drive growth through its current footprint.
Measures the sales performance of restaurants open for a year or more, indicating how well existing locations are doing without the influence of new openings. This metric reveals customer loyalty, brand strength, and operational efficiency, providing insight into the company's ability to drive growth through its current footprint.
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The FlyKura Sushi USA Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Jan 07, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Apr 07, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call conveyed a mixed but stable outlook: strong top-line growth (+~14% Y/Y), healthy liquidity (≈$78.5M cash, no debt), continued unit expansion, and early signs of operational leverage (G&A and labor improvements, reservation uptake). However, material near-term margin pressure from tariffs, promotional/import costs, sales deleverage and a wider net loss/decline in Adjusted EBITDA tempered results. Management reiterated FY26 guidance and outlined paths to recovery (pricing, technology rollouts, promotions and labor initiatives), so while challenges are meaningful, the company presented concrete actions and ample liquidity to execute its plan.Positive Updates
Quarterly Revenue Growth
Total sales of $73.5 million in Q1 versus $64.5 million prior year (+~14.0%), providing top-line expansion despite negative comps.
Negative Updates
Widening Net Loss
Net loss of $3.1 million (‑$0.25 per share) in Q1 versus a net loss of $1.0 million (‑$0.08 per share) in the prior year; adjusted net loss $2.8 million (‑$0.23) versus $1.0 million (‑$0.08) prior year.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Quarterly Revenue Growth
Total sales of $73.5 million in Q1 versus $64.5 million prior year (+~14.0%), providing top-line expansion despite negative comps.
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Company Guidance
Management reiterated full-year fiscal 2026 guidance targeting total sales of $330–$334 million, 16 new restaurant openings (maintaining >20% unit growth) with average net capex per unit ≈ $2.5M, full-year COGS around 30%, G&A at 12.0–12.5% of sales (adjusted G&A down ~80 bps Y/Y; Q1 G&A 13% including a 30 bp litigation accrual), and restaurant-level operating margins of ~18%; they expect to drive a ~100 bp improvement in labor (Q1 labor 32.5% vs 32.9% prior year), have taken effective menu pricing of 3.5% (with a 4.5% effective price in Q2), plan robotic dishwasher installations beginning in Q3 to fit the majority of 50 eligible restaurants by year-end, and enter the year with $78.5M of cash and investments and no debt while aiming for flat to slightly positive comparable sales for the full year.Kura Sushi USA Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
58
Neutral
Balance Sheet
63
Positive
Cash Flow
46
Neutral
| Breakdown | TTM | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | Aug 2022 | Aug 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 291.76M | 282.76M | 237.86M | 187.43M | 141.09M | 64.89M |
| Gross Profit | 32.07M | 33.43M | 29.52M | 28.78M | 21.89M | 6.11M |
| EBITDA | 11.20M | 12.39M | 3.20M | 9.64M | 5.01M | -9.57M |
| Net Income | -4.00M | -1.90M | -8.80M | 1.50M | -764.00K | -10.29M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 443.51M | 430.94M | 328.52M | 304.66M | 201.36M | 177.67M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 50.70M | 62.46M | 50.99M | 78.24M | 35.78M | 40.43M |
| Total Debt | 187.41M | 170.01M | 141.35M | 119.56M | 90.81M | 72.96M |
| Total Liabilities | 214.31M | 199.87M | 165.98M | 140.02M | 108.06M | 86.83M |
| Stockholders Equity | 229.20M | 231.07M | 162.54M | 164.64M | 93.29M | 90.84M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -27.75M | -21.55M | -28.64M | -21.00M | -3.07M | -21.30M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 20.67M | 24.60M | 15.61M | 18.06M | 23.69M | -7.23M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -93.89M | -93.72M | -36.46M | -49.90M | -28.17M | -14.67M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 904.00K | 65.64M | 2.14M | 65.75M | -170.00K | 53.07M |
Kura Sushi USA Technical Analysis
Positive
66.91
Price Trends
67.90
Negative
60.31
Positive
68.13
Negative
Market Momentum
-1.68
Negative
56.62
Neutral
88.19
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For KRUS, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 66.91 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 62.23, below the 50-day MA of 67.90, and below the 200-day MA of 68.13, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -1.68 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 56.62 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 88.19 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for KRUS.
Kura Sushi USA Risk Analysis
Kura Sushi USA disclosed 54 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Kura Sushi USA reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Kura Sushi USA Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 Neutral | $781.96M | 17.08 | 13.19% | ― | 3.85% | 7.57% | |
61 Neutral | $18.38B | 12.79 | -2.54% | 3.03% | 1.52% | -15.83% | |
58 Neutral | $811.47M | -48.53 | -1.75% | ― | 18.88% | 79.28% | |
54 Neutral | $406.23M | 16.54 | 4.32% | ― | 2.40% | -14.90% | |
52 Neutral | $667.02M | 48.41 | 0.83% | ― | 17.27% | -76.53% | |
50 Neutral | $1.02B | -27.52 | -6.72% | ― | 6.87% | -95.91% | |
45 Neutral | $470.46M | -9.96 | 2.26% | 10.60% | -13.07% | -1139.12% |
* Consumer Cyclical Sector Average
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Kura Sushi USA Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Kura Sushi USA Shareholders Back Governance, Add New Director
Positive
Jan 22, 2026
At its January 21, 2026 annual meeting in Irvine, California, Kura Sushi USA stockholders elected five directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting, ratified KPMG LLP as the independent auditor for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2026, and a...
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