---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-145572"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRUS"
cik: "0001772177"
company_name: "KURA SUSHI USA, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:04:32.201090+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kura Sushi Q2 sales $80M (+23% YoY); CFO Jeff Uttz resigning, CEO Uba interim CFO

## Summary
- Total sales $80.0M vs $64.9M prior year; comp restaurant sales up 8.6%.
- Net loss narrowed to $1.7M ($0.14/share) from $3.8M ($0.31) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $5.5M; restaurant-level operating profit $14.6M (18.2% of sales).
- CFO Jeff Uttz resigns effective April 28, 2026 to accept another restaurant industry role.
- CEO Hajime Uba serves as Interim CFO with no additional compensation; search underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-145572
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRUS
- cik: 0001772177
- company_name: KURA SUSHI USA, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000119312526145572/0001193125-26-145572-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000119312526145572/krus-20260402.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-145572.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KURA SUSHI USA, INC. reported fiscal second quarter ended February 28, 2026 results: revenue $80.0 million, net income Net loss was $1.7 million, or $(0.14) per diluted share, EPS $(0.14) per diluted share.
  - Period: fiscal second quarter ended February 28, 2026
  - Revenue: $80.0 million
  - Net income: Net loss was $1.7 million, or $(0.14) per diluted share
  - EPS: $(0.14) per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Kura Sushi USA Announces Fiscal Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Irvine, CA. April 7, 2026 – Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (“Kura Sushi” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRUS), a technology-enabled Japanese restaurant concept, today announced financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended February 28, 2026. Fiscal Second Quarter 2026 Highlights ➢ Total sales were $80.0 million, compared to $64.9 million in the second quarter of 2025; ➢ Comparable restaurant sales increased 8.6% for the second quarter of 2026 as compared to the second quarter of 2025; ➢ Operating loss was $2.2 million, compared to an operating loss of $4.6 million in the second quarter of 2025; ➢ Net loss was $1.7 million, or $(0.14) per diluted share, compared to net loss of $3.8 million, or $(0.31) per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000119312526145572/0001193125-26-145572-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.