KRUS Consumer Cyclical

Kura Sushi USA, Inc.

$36.40+0.58%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 9, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Restaurants
Country: United States
Market cap: 442.3M USD
Enterprise value: 605.9M USD
Full-time employees: 3,900

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.29 vs a peer median of 0.63) and more debt relative to equity (0.90× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.29 vs peers 0.63) and more debt vs equity (0.90× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,220 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 19%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Growing fast, still losing money. Revenue grew faster than 88% of peers, at an operating loss.
Revenue grew faster than 88% of peers, but the business runs at an operating loss (margin -1.4%).
Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $45M in FY Aug 2020 to $283M in FY Aug 2025.
Kura Sushi USA's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Aug 2025, from $45M to $283M.
More volatile share price. Beta 1.29: tends to move more than the market.
Kura Sushi USA's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.29, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

33/ 100

Oct 5 33 → Nov 4 33

Valuation

Is the price right?

13/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ FCF yield
▼ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-0.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to May 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.34Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield2.3%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score -1.41Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield-5.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to May 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price20% base weight · Z-score -1.13Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield51.3%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

85/100

Strong

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 3.9%

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ 3-yr revenue
▲ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Still loss-making, but the loss per share narrowed33% base weight · Z-score 0.33Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth22.3%

SEC filings · 3 years to May 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 2.83Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth18.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to May 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 2.25Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

13/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC
▼ ROA

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-1.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to May 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.69Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets-0.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to May 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.48Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital-1.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to May 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.51Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin16.4%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity-0.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to May 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.29

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.21Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio1.26×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.40Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity0.90×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.23Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Kura Sushi USA

Is Kura Sushi USA getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Jul 7, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 33/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Kura Sushi USA valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 13/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield -0.5% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -0.5% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Kura Sushi USA growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 85/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 22.3% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 91% of peers).3-year revenue growth 22.3% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 91% of peers).
How profitable is Kura Sushi USA?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 13/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin -1.4% vs a peer median of 6.4% (weaker than 87% of peers).Operating margin -1.4% vs peers 6.4% (weaker than 87% of peers).
How risky is Kura Sushi USA?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.29 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 86% of peers).Beta 1.29 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 86% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended May 31, 2026 · filed Jul 7, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Feb 28, 2026

No major changes

Worth watching: Kura Sushi USA is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	306.9M USD	318.8M USD	+3.9%
Net income (12 months)	−1.9M USD	−2.1M USD	+7.3%
Operating margin	-1.5%	-1.4%	+0.1 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	−28.1M USD	−24.9M USD	−11.4%
Cash	26.6M USD	24.4M USD	−8.4%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Industry: Restaurants · 19 companies

Valuations in Restaurants are within their usual range since 2016.

40% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
12% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +13% and earnings +17% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-sales is −28% vs the whole market, against a usual −11%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Aug 2021	FY Aug 2022	FY Aug 2023	FY Aug 2024	FY Aug 2025	Change
Operating margin	-15.4%	-0.5%	0.2%	-4.8%	-1.7%	▲ 3.2 pts
Net margin	-15.9%	-0.5%	0.8%	-3.7%	-0.7%	▲ 3.0 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	-5.8%	-0.4%	0.5%	-2.7%	-0.4%	▲ 2.2 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	-11.3%	-0.8%	0.9%	-5.4%	-0.8%	▲ 4.6 pts
Free cash flow margin	-32.7%	-2.2%	-11.2%	-12.0%	-7.6%	▲ 4.5 pts
Current ratio	2.87×	1.68×	3.07×	1.78×	1.76×	▼ 0.8%
Quick ratio	2.83×	1.63×	3.01×	1.71×	1.71×	▲ 0.0%
Interest coverage	-45.40×	-8.67×	4.81×	-244.79×	-68.01×	▲ 72%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.29 vs a peer median of 0.63) and more debt relative to equity (0.90× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.29 vs peers 0.63) and more debt vs equity (0.90× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,220 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 19%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Growing fast, still losing money. Revenue grew faster than 88% of peers, at an operating loss.

Revenue grew faster than 88% of peers, but the business runs at an operating loss (margin -1.4%).

Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $45M in FY Aug 2020 to $283M in FY Aug 2025.

Kura Sushi USA's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Aug 2025, from $45M to $283M.

More volatile share price. Beta 1.29: tends to move more than the market.

Kura Sushi USA's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.29, above the market's 1.0).

Questions investors ask about Kura Sushi USA

Is Kura Sushi USA getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Jul 7, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 33/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Kura Sushi USA valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 13/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield -0.5% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -0.5% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Kura Sushi USA growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 85/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 22.3% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 91% of peers).3-year revenue growth 22.3% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 91% of peers).

How profitable is Kura Sushi USA?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 13/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin -1.4% vs a peer median of 6.4% (weaker than 87% of peers).Operating margin -1.4% vs peers 6.4% (weaker than 87% of peers).

How risky is Kura Sushi USA?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.29 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 86% of peers).Beta 1.29 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 86% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

306.9M USD

318.8M USD

+3.9%

Net income (12 months)

−1.9M USD

−2.1M USD

+7.3%

Operating margin

-1.5%

-1.4%

+0.1 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

−28.1M USD

−24.9M USD

−11.4%

Cash

26.6M USD

24.4M USD

−8.4%

Key ratios

FY Aug 2021

FY Aug 2022

FY Aug 2023

FY Aug 2024

FY Aug 2025

Change

Operating margin

-15.4%

-0.5%

0.2%

-4.8%

-1.7%

▲ 3.2 pts

Net margin

-15.9%

-0.5%

0.8%

-3.7%

-0.7%

▲ 3.0 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

-5.8%

-0.4%

0.5%

-2.7%

-0.4%

▲ 2.2 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

-11.3%

-0.8%

0.9%

-5.4%

-0.8%

▲ 4.6 pts

Free cash flow margin

-32.7%

-2.2%

-11.2%

-12.0%

-7.6%

▲ 4.5 pts

Current ratio

2.87×

1.68×

3.07×

1.78×

1.76×

▼ 0.8%

Quick ratio

2.83×

1.63×

3.01×

1.71×

▲ 0.0%

Interest coverage

-45.40×

-8.67×

4.81×

-244.79×

-68.01×

▲ 72%