Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. GENK
$1.61 -4.17% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $53.1M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -10.2% from -1.5% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -42.7%, behind the S&P 500 by 57.8 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 44%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 9%
- Gross marginBottom 2%
- Operating marginBottom 6%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Interest coverBottom 5%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 16%
- 6-month returnTop 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 14%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 11%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 14%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 7%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -2.7% | -2.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 5.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -1.5% | -10.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -8.2% | -9.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.9% | -2.7% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Gross margin | 5.0% | 9.8% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Operating margin | -10.2% | -1.5% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Net margin | -2.1% | -0.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -9.3% | -8.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -10.0% | — | Bottom 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.1% | — | Top 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +73.9 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -24.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.56%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.57%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +8.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -50.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $8.25
- Target vs current price
- +412.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +0.0% | -7.1% | -1.5% | -3.1% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | -100.0% | -5.3% | +5.8% | +2.2% | -19.5% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -133.3% | +4.3% | -22.3% | -16.5% | +8.0% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | +33.3% | -1.8% | -3.3% | -12.0% | -23.6% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +192.3% | +4.0% | -14.8% | -21.3% | -22.6% |
| May 13, 2025 | +300.0% | -2.1% | -21.2% | -17.3% | -33.4% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -100.0% | -4.5% | +9.4% | +2.6% | -38.1% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +200.0% | +4.8% | -11.0% | -15.8% | -41.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.06 | -$0.06 | +0.0% | $55.7M |
| May 14, 2026 | -$0.14 | -$0.07 | -100.0% | $53.9M |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -$0.14 | -$0.06 | -133.3% | $49.7M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.03 | +33.3% | $50.4M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.04 | -$0.04 | +192.3% | $55.0M |
| May 13, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.01 | +300.0% | $57.3M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.01 | -100.0% | $54.7M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.01 | -$0.01 | +200.0% | $49.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.12× | — | — | Top 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -36.70% | — | — | Bottom 2% |
| Earnings yield | -51.55% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.4× – 417.3× since Jun 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.7%
- RSI (14)
- 37.9
- Relative volume
- 0.39×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 64.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 39th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.82
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -48.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -88.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2023 | Apr 7, 2026 | -92.8% | 667 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Jul 6, 2023 | -14.6% | 2 days | 9 days (Jul 19, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $53.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.83
- Revenue (TTM)
- $209.8M
- 52-week range
- $1.43 – $3.22
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $140.6M | $163.7M | $181.0M | $208.4M | $212.5M |
| Gross profit | $28.1M | $27.6M | $24.6M | $21.9M | $19.5M |
| Operating income | $16.7M | $12.4M | $8.1M | $476,000 | -$6.6M |
| Net income | $49.9M | $10.3M | $8.4M | $592,000 | -$3.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $13.85 | $2.86 | $0.08 | $0.13 | -$0.59 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $49.1M | $54.7M | $57.3M | $55.0M | $50.4M | $49.7M | $53.9M | $55.7M |
| Net income | $25,000 | -$204,000 | -$301,000 | -$261,000 | -$566,000 | -$1.9M | -$1.2M | -$754,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.01 | -$0.04 | -$0.06 | -$0.05 | -$0.11 | -$0.36 | -$0.22 | -$0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $39.8M | $23.4M | $22.2M | $17.8M | $3.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.3M | -$8.1M | -$17.2M | -$23.8M | -$27.7M |
| Free cash flow | $38.5M | $15.3M | $5.0M | -$6.0M | -$24.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$29.2M | -$26.5M | -$845,000 | -$987,000 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $46.2M | $0 | -$291,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.9M
- Total assets
- $247.8M
- Total liabilities
- $230.3M
- Total debt
- $188.2M
- Net debt
- $182.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $13.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2025 | $0.03 | Jun 23, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 278,333
- Days to cover
- 5.58
- Change vs previous report
- -3.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.