---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-002844"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRUS"
cik: "0001772177"
company_name: "KURA SUSHI USA, INC."
filed_at: "2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T08:50:34.972513+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kura Sushi Q1 sales up 25% to $64.5M; net loss narrows to $0.08/sh

## Summary
- Total sales $64.5M, up from $51.5M in Q1 2024 (+25.2% YoY).
- Comparable restaurant sales rose 1.8% YoY.
- Operating loss improved to $1.5M from $2.8M; net loss $1.0M ($0.08/sh) vs $2.0M ($0.18/sh).
- Restaurant-level operating profit $11.7M (18.2% of sales); Adjusted EBITDA $3.6M.
- Opened six new restaurants in the quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-002844
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRUS
- cik: 0001772177
- company_name: KURA SUSHI USA, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017025002844/0000950170-25-002844-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017025002844/krus-20250107.htm

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