Roth Capital Forecasts Increased Earnings for Kura Sushi USA

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:KRUS) – Analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for Kura Sushi USA in a report issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Roth Capital analyst G. Kelly now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.26 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.18. 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 Q4 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS.

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

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Piper Sandler increased 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 report on Thursday, November 7th. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Kura Sushi USA in a research report on Wednesday. Barclays raised 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 report on Friday, November 8th. Craig Hallum raised their price target on shares of Kura Sushi USA from $85.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Lake Street Capital raised their price target on shares of Kura Sushi USA from $78.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $89.75.

Kura Sushi USA Stock Down 2.8 %

NASDAQ:KRUS opened at $87.57 on Friday. Kura Sushi USA has a 52 week low of $48.66 and a 52 week high of $122.81. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $96.39 and a 200 day moving average of $79.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -112.27 and a beta of 1.84.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KRUS. Rhumbline Advisers raised its holdings in shares of Kura Sushi USA by 4.5% during the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 8,172 shares of the company’s stock worth $516,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Kura Sushi USA by 4.6% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 183,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,602,000 after purchasing an additional 8,146 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of Kura Sushi USA during the second quarter worth $1,155,000. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in Kura Sushi USA during the second quarter valued at $521,000. Finally, Rheos Capital Works Inc. grew its position in Kura Sushi USA by 6.3% during the third quarter. Rheos Capital Works Inc. now owns 204,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,434,000 after buying an additional 12,000 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.49% of the company’s stock.

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