secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK)
CIK:        0001891856
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-134491
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

GEN Restaurant Group Q4 revenue down 9% to $49.7M; full-year net loss $20.3M
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- Q4 same-store sales down 11.6%; restaurant-level adj. EBITDA margin fell to 7.9% from 17% YoY.
- Full-year net loss $20.3M ($0.59/diluted share) vs net income $5.0M in 2024.
- Entered JV with Chubby Cattle, taking 49% stake in 5 underperforming units; $4.5M impairment.
- CPG expansion: products in 800+ grocery stores, targeting 1,500-2,000 locations by end 2026.
- Costco gift card sales hit $29M in 2025, up 150% YoY; total stores grew to 57.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1891856/000119312526134491/0001193125-26-134491-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1891856/000119312526134491/genk-20260331.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-134491

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