secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KURA SUSHI USA, INC. (KRUS)
CIK:        0001772177
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-006345
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000119312526006345/0001193125-26-006345-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000119312526006345/krus-20260107.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-006345

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