---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-006345"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRUS"
cik: "0001772177"
company_name: "KURA SUSHI USA, INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:23:35.948364+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kura Sushi Q1 sales $73.5M (+14% YoY) but net loss widens to $3.1M; comp sales -2.5%

## Summary
- Total sales $73.5M vs $64.5M YoY; comparable restaurant sales decreased 2.5%.
- Operating loss $3.7M vs $1.5M; net loss $3.1M ($0.25/share) vs $1.0M ($0.08) YoY.
- Adjusted net loss $2.8M ($0.23/share); adjusted EBITDA $2.4M.
- Restaurant-level operating profit $11.1M (15.1% of sales).
- Opened 4 new restaurants in Q1; no guidance provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-006345
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRUS
- cik: 0001772177
- company_name: KURA SUSHI USA, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000119312526006345/0001193125-26-006345-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000119312526006345/krus-20260107.htm

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