KRUS Stock Analysis: Kura Sushi USA | NASDAQ
Restaurants | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 643m USD | 12M Return: -32.4% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 22.8M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 6.9 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRUS) operates technology-enabled Japanese restaurants in the United States, offering sushi and Japanese cuisine through its signature Kura Experience, a revolving sushi service model. The company was founded in 2008, is headquartered in Irvine, California, and is a subsidiary of Japans Kura Sushi, Inc. Originally named Kula Sushi USA, Inc., it rebranded in October 2017 and went public in 2019. As a small-cap consumer discretionary stock in the GICS Restaurants sub-industry, KRUS competes in the casual dining segment with a tech-forward, conveyor-style service format that emphasizes automation and guest engagement.
- New unit openings drive revenue growth
- Comparable restaurant sales trends impact margins
- Fish and labor cost inflation pressures profitability
| Net Income: -2.08m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.02 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 9.05 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 3.77% < 20% (prev 12.43%; Δ -8.66% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 27.7m > Net Income -2.08m |
| Net Debt (163.6m) to EBITDA (10.9m): 15.04 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.26 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (12.4m) vs 12m ago 0.39% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 11.25% > 18% (prev 11.82%; Δ -0.57% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 71.57% > 50% (prev 64.22%; Δ 7.35% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -49.44 > 6 (EBIT TTM -3.16m / Interest Expense TTM 64.0k) |
| A: 0.03 (Total Current Assets 58.9m - Total Current Liabilities 46.9m) / Total Assets 471.6m |
| B: -0.08 (Retained Earnings -39.2m / Total Assets 471.6m) |
| C: -0.01 (EBIT TTM -3.16m / Avg Total Assets 445.5m) |
| D: 0.96 (Book Value of Equity 230.8m / Total Liabilities 240.7m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.85 = B |
| DSRI: 1.16 (Receivables 7.06m/5.14m, Revenue 318.8m/269.3m) |
| GMI: 1.05 (GM 11.82% / 11.25%) |
| AQI: 0.69 (AQ_t 0.06 / AQ_t-1 0.09) |
| SGI: 1.18 (Revenue 318.8m / 269.3m) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI -2.08m - CFO 27.7m) / TA 471.6m) |
| Beneish M = -2.91 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 10, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 51.73 with a total of 406,494 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -10.84%, over one month by +16.61%, over three months by -11.06% and over the past year by -32.36%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 44.10 (which is 14.7% or 2 ATR below the current price).
Kura Sushi USA has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.10. Therefore, it is recommended to buy KRUS.
- StrongBuy: 5
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 4
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 75.3 | 45.6% |
P/E Forward = 144.9275
P/S = 2.094
P/B = 3.0586
Revenue TTM = 318.8m USD
EBIT TTM = -3.16m USD
EBITDA TTM = 10.9m USD
Long Term Debt = 192.3m USD (estimated: total debt 207.9m - short term 15.7m)
Short Term Debt = 15.7m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 207.9m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 203.2m already included)
Net Debt = 163.6m USD (calculated: Debt 207.9m - CCE 44.3m)
Enterprise Value = 806.3m USD (642.6m + Debt 207.9m - CCE 44.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -49.44 (Ebit TTM -3.16m / Interest Expense TTM 64.0k)
EV/FCF = 101.8x (Enterprise Value 806.3m / FCF TTM 7.92m)
FCF Yield = 0.98% (FCF TTM 7.92m / Enterprise Value 806.3m)
FCF Margin = 2.48% (FCF TTM 7.92m / Revenue TTM 318.8m)
Net Margin = -0.65% (Net Income TTM -2.08m / Revenue TTM 318.8m)
Gross Margin = 11.25% ((Revenue TTM 318.8m - Cost of Revenue TTM 283.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 11.94% (prev 10.92%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.71 (Enterprise Value 806.3m / Total Assets 471.6m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.03% (Interest Expense 64.0k / Debt 207.9m)
Taxrate = 10.38% (49.0k / 472k)
NOPAT = -2.84m (EBIT -3.16m * (1 - 10.38%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 1.26 (Total Current Assets 58.9m / Total Current Liabilities 46.9m)
Debt / Equity = 0.90 (Debt 207.9m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 230.8m)
Debt / EBITDA = 15.04 (Net Debt 163.6m / EBITDA 10.9m)
Debt / FCF = 20.65 (Net Debt 163.6m / FCF TTM 7.92m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 230.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -0.47% (Net Income -2.08m / Total Assets 471.6m)
RoE = -0.90% (Net Income TTM -2.08m / Total Stockholder Equity 230.0m)
RoCE = -0.75% (EBIT -3.16m / Capital Employed (Equity 230.0m + L.T.Debt 192.3m))
RoIC = -0.67% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -2.84m / Invested Capital 424.4m)
WACC = 7.72% (E(642.6m)/V(850.6m) * Re(10.21%) + D(207.9m)/V(850.6m) * Rd(0.03%) * (1-Tc(0.10)))
Discount Rate = 10.21% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 77.78 | Cagr: 4.56%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.44% ; FCFF base≈7.92m ; Y1≈7.96m ; Y5≈8.43m
[DCF] Fair Price = N/A (negative equity: EV 131.1m - Net Debt 163.6m = -32.6m; debt exceeds intrinsic value)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 0.36 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 99.51 | Revenue CAGR: 20.66% | SUE: -0.49 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-11-30): EPS=-0.16 | Chg30d=+3.12% | Revisions=+50% | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-08-31): EPS=-0.13 | Chg30d=-6.53% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-535.4% | GrowthRev=+18.2%
EPS next Year (2027-08-31): EPS=0.26 | Chg30d=-8.46% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+297.2% | GrowthRev=+20.4%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +30% (up=5, down=2)