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Compliance with current and future laws and regulations regarding the ingredients and nutritional content of our menu items may be costly and time-consuming. The risks and costs associated with nutritional disclosures on our menus could also impact our operations, particularly given differences among applicable legal requirements and practices within the restaurant industry with respect to test…
$46.70
$0.81 (-1.72%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-1.68% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue up 18.9% YoY with margins expanding 3.2pp.
Negative free cash flow of -$21M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$319M
▲ +18.9% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$2M
▲ +78.4% YoY
Op. Margin
-1.41%
▲ +3.2pp YoY
ROIC
-0.84%
▲ +2.0pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$25M
▲ +25.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$28M
▲ +58.3% YoY
Net Debt
$164M
Cash & Equiv.
$44M
5Y CAGR: +44.3%
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Kura Sushi USA (KRUS)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Kura Sushi USA scores 18/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full . This is analysis, not investment advice.
Kura Sushi USA scores 18 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -1.4% operating margin and a -0.8% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh KRUS's valuation and scores 18/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.