Kura Sushi USA, Inc.

NasdaqGM:KRUS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$912.9m

Kura Sushi USA Valuation

Is KRUS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KRUS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate KRUS's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate KRUS's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KRUS?

Key metric: As KRUS is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for KRUS. This is calculated by dividing KRUS's market cap by their current revenue.
What is KRUS's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.5x
SalesUS$250.84m
Market CapUS$912.92m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does KRUS's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for KRUS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.9x
PTLO Portillo's
1.3x11.0%US$1.1b
FWRG First Watch Restaurant Group
1.3x12.2%US$1.3b
BJRI BJ's Restaurants
0.6x3.2%US$839.0m
JACK Jack in the Box
0.5x0.9%US$789.7m
KRUS Kura Sushi USA
3.5x17.6%US$912.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: KRUS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the peer average (0.9x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does KRUS's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Hospitality Industry?

29 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BLMN Bloomin' Brands
0.2x-2.7%US$1.06b
BALY Bally's
0.3x1.1%US$741.76m
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group
0.3x2.9%US$478.64m
GENK GEN Restaurant Group
0.1x18.5%US$202.70m
KRUS 3.5xIndustry Avg. 1.7xNo. of Companies29PS01.22.43.64.86+
29 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: KRUS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the US Hospitality industry average (1.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KRUS's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KRUS PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.5x
Fair PS Ratio1.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: KRUS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KRUS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$72.10
US$113.13
+56.9%
8.9%US$130.00US$99.00n/a8
Jan ’26US$90.58
US$104.75
+15.6%
13.4%US$120.00US$78.00n/a8
Dec ’25US$106.92
US$104.63
-2.1%
13.4%US$120.00US$78.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$99.81
US$78.50
-21.4%
17.9%US$107.00US$63.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$77.21
US$72.38
-6.3%
14.2%US$90.00US$60.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$65.99
US$71.43
+8.2%
15.0%US$90.00US$60.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$55.55
US$71.43
+28.6%
15.0%US$90.00US$60.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$60.40
US$90.00
+49.0%
21.4%US$120.00US$65.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$99.91
US$113.00
+13.1%
11.5%US$130.00US$93.00n/a7
May ’25US$102.50
US$113.00
+10.2%
11.5%US$130.00US$93.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$111.37
US$92.67
-16.8%
18.1%US$122.00US$70.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$95.25
US$83.67
-12.2%
14.3%US$105.00US$70.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$101.74
US$85.29
-16.2%
13.8%US$105.00US$70.00US$80.007
Jan ’25US$76.00
US$75.43
-0.8%
14.9%US$95.00US$63.00US$90.587
Dec ’24US$64.16
US$74.14
+15.6%
17.4%US$95.00US$55.00US$106.927
Nov ’24US$56.69
US$87.71
+54.7%
18.6%US$108.00US$67.00US$99.817
Oct ’24US$66.12
US$97.43
+47.4%
6.5%US$108.00US$87.00US$77.217
Sep ’24US$86.66
US$97.43
+12.4%
6.5%US$108.00US$87.00US$65.997
Aug ’24US$97.56
US$97.43
-0.1%
6.5%US$108.00US$87.00US$55.557
Jul ’24US$92.95
US$82.00
-11.8%
10.8%US$90.00US$65.00US$60.406
Jun ’24US$84.47
US$80.80
-4.3%
11.4%US$90.00US$65.00US$99.915
May ’24US$68.43
US$80.80
+18.1%
11.4%US$90.00US$65.00US$102.505
Apr ’24US$65.84
US$72.50
+10.1%
10.3%US$85.00US$65.00US$111.374
Mar ’24US$63.54
US$72.50
+14.1%
10.3%US$85.00US$65.00US$95.254
Feb ’24US$61.89
US$73.33
+18.5%
11.6%US$85.00US$65.00US$101.743
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 8 Analysts
US$113.13
Fair Value
36.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/06 07:42
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/06 00:00
Earnings2024/11/30
Annual Earnings2024/08/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. is covered by 12 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jeffrey BernsteinBarclays
Todd BrooksBenchmark Company
Andrew StrelzikBMO Capital Markets Equity Research