---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-103984"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GENK"
cik: "0001891856"
company_name: "GEN Restaurant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T19:59:41.042257+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GEN Restaurant Group Q2 revenue $55.0M (+2.2% YoY), operating loss $1.9M, first dividend paid

## Summary
- Total revenue $55.0M (+2.2% YoY); loss from operations $1.9M (3.4% of revenue).
- Restaurant-level adjusted EBITDA $9.0M (16.3% margin); cash $9.6M; no material long-term debt.
- Opened first South Korea restaurant; total store count 52; on pace to exceed 12-13 new stores in 2025.
- Paid first dividend of $0.03 per share in Q2 2025.
- Same-store sales traffic down in May/June but improved in July; tariffs and immigration headwinds cited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-103984
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GENK
- cik: 0001891856
- company_name: GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-06T23:59:59+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/1891856/000095017025103984/0000950170-25-103984-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1891856/000095017025103984/genk-20250806.htm

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