Q3 EPS Estimates for Kura Sushi USA Cut by Roth Capital

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:KRUS) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital dropped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Kura Sushi USA in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Roth Capital analyst G. Kelly now forecasts that the company will earn $0.12 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.15. The consensus estimate for Kura Sushi USA’s current full-year earnings is $0.09 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Kura Sushi USA’s FY2025 earnings at $0.27 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.09) EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on KRUS. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Kura Sushi USA from $70.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Lake Street Capital lifted their target price on shares of Kura Sushi USA from $78.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of Kura Sushi USA from $63.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Kura Sushi USA in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Craig Hallum upped their price objective on Kura Sushi USA from $85.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $89.75.

Kura Sushi USA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:KRUS opened at $87.57 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $1.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -112.27 and a beta of 1.84. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $96.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $79.44. Kura Sushi USA has a fifty-two week low of $48.66 and a fifty-two week high of $122.81.

Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 7th. The company reported ($0.08) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.24) by $0.16. Kura Sushi USA had a negative return on equity of 1.22% and a negative net margin of 3.70%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Kings Path Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Kura Sushi USA by 8.2% in the fourth quarter. Kings Path Partners LLC now owns 11,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $998,000 after purchasing an additional 831 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC increased its stake in Kura Sushi USA by 438.6% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 11,333 shares of the company’s stock worth $914,000 after buying an additional 9,229 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in Kura Sushi USA by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 128,068 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,317,000 after buying an additional 1,016 shares in the last quarter. Portolan Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Kura Sushi USA by 15.3% during the third quarter. Portolan Capital Management LLC now owns 216,530 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,444,000 after acquiring an additional 28,655 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC purchased a new position in shares of Kura Sushi USA in the third quarter valued at about $237,000. Institutional investors own 65.49% of the company’s stock.

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