Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. KRUS
$41.53 +0.34% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $504.6M
Strong growthWeak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 17.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $318.8M, up 18.4% from a year earlier.
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)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 41%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 18%
- Gross marginBottom 6%
- Operating marginBottom 14%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Interest coverBottom 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 28%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
- 6-month returnBottom 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 18%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 20%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 44%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 19%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 23%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.7% | 18.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 11.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -4.5% | -1.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -11.5% | 2.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.4% | 18.7% | ↓ | Top 9% |
| Gross margin | 11.3% | 11.8% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Operating margin | -1.0% | -4.5% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Net margin | -0.7% | -3.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.5% | -11.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.7% | — | Bottom 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 26.1% | — | Top 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +19.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 17.56×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -49.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.30%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.30%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +52.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $68.50
- Target vs current price
- +64.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 54%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | +160.0% | -5.7% | -8.8% | -14.9% | -30.2% |
| Apr 7, 2026 | +18.7% | +0.5% | -23.3% | -25.6% | -20.1% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | -35.3% | -5.4% | +22.5% | +30.5% | +15.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +68.2% | -7.0% | -19.1% | -6.6% | +22.0% |
| Jul 8, 2025 | +590.2% | +1.0% | -11.6% | +2.7% | -30.8% |
| Apr 8, 2025 | -287.5% | -4.3% | +19.8% | +41.0% | +109.4% |
| Jan 7, 2025 | +59.4% | -0.8% | -18.6% | -26.6% | -54.0% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -117848.7% | +3.5% | -9.0% | +3.7% | -22.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | $0.03 | -$0.05 | +160.0% | $85.9M |
| Apr 7, 2026 | -$0.14 | -$0.17 | +18.7% | $80.0M |
| Jan 7, 2026 | -$0.23 | -$0.17 | -35.3% | $73.5M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.20 | $0.12 | +68.2% | $79.4M |
| Jul 8, 2025 | $0.05 | -$0.01 | +590.2% | $74.0M |
| Apr 8, 2025 | -$0.31 | -$0.08 | -287.5% | $64.9M |
| Jan 7, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.20 | +59.4% | $64.5M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$0.46 | -$0.00 | -117848.7% | $66.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 65.8× | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| EV / Sales | 2.16× | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.57% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | -0.43% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
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)
- -10.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -25.3%
- RSI (14)
- 51.9
- Relative volume
- 0.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 52.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 7th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.55
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 | Sep 17, 2026 | -71.2% | 620 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 31, 2021 | May 20, 2022 | -60.3% | 97 days | 47 days (Jul 29, 2022) |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Jan 6, 2023 | -58.3% | 100 days | 124 days (Jul 7, 2023) |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Nov 10, 2023 | -52.0% | 85 days | 87 days (Mar 19, 2024) |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | -26.9% | 9 days | 21 days (Dec 31, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $504.6M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $318.8M
- 52-week range
- $33.97 – $80.84
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $64.9M | $141.1M | $187.4M | $237.9M | $282.8M |
| Gross profit | $6.1M | $21.9M | $28.8M | $29.5M | $33.4M |
| Operating income | -$10.0M | -$754,000 | $332,000 | -$11.5M | -$4.8M |
| Net income | -$10.3M | -$764,000 | $1.5M | -$8.8M | -$1.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.21 | -$0.08 | $0.14 | -$0.79 | -$0.16 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $66.0M | $64.5M | $64.9M | $74.0M | $79.4M | $73.5M | $80.0M | $85.9M |
| Net income | -$5.2M | -$961,000 | -$3.8M | $565,000 | $2.3M | -$3.1M | -$1.7M | $423,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.46 | -$0.08 | -$0.31 | $0.05 | $0.18 | -$0.25 | -$0.14 | $0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$7.2M | $23.7M | $18.1M | $15.6M | $24.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.1M | -$26.8M | -$39.1M | -$44.3M | -$46.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$21.3M | -$3.1M | -$21.0M | -$28.6M | -$21.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $54.0M | $959,000 | $66.3M | $2.5M | $65.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $44.3M
- Total assets
- $471.6M
- Total liabilities
- $240.7M
- Total debt
- $207.9M
- Net debt
- $183.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $230.8M
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,584,621
- Days to cover
- 7.19
- Change vs previous report
- +2.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.