---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-125335"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GENK"
cik: "0001891856"
company_name: "GEN Restaurant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T02:18:19.397721+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GEN Restaurant Group Q3 revenue up 7.8% to $49.1M; net income drops to $0.2M

## Summary
- Net income $0.2M ($0.01 diluted EPS) vs $2.6M ($0.08) YoY; adjusted net income $0.9M ($0.03).
- Comparable restaurant sales decreased 9.6% YoY; total revenue grew 7.8% to $49.1M.
- Restaurant-level adjusted EBITDA margin above 18%; adjusted EBITDA $3.4M (7.0% of revenue) including $1.8M pre-opening expense.
- Cash $22.1M (down from $29.2M at Q2); no long-term debt; expects 10-11 new locations in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-125335
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GENK
- cik: 0001891856
- company_name: GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1891856/000095017024125335/0000950170-24-125335-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1891856/000095017024125335/genk-20241112.htm

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