William Blair Reiterates “Outperform” Rating for Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS)

Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at William Blair in a report issued on Wednesday,RTT News reports. William Blair also issued estimates for Kura Sushi USA’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.11) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.28 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently weighed in on KRUS. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Kura Sushi USA from $116.00 to $71.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Lake Street Capital reduced their price target on Kura Sushi USA from $103.00 to $62.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Benchmark lowered their price objective on Kura Sushi USA from $115.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. TD Cowen began coverage on Kura Sushi USA in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $72.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Barclays decreased their target price on Kura Sushi USA from $75.00 to $52.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $77.20.

Kura Sushi USA Trading Down 6.7 %

KRUS opened at $50.91 on Wednesday. Kura Sushi USA has a 1 year low of $40.03 and a 1 year high of $121.99. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $60.50 and a 200 day moving average price of $80.29. The stock has a market cap of $614.28 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -74.87 and a beta of 1.72.

Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 8th. The company reported ($0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.08) by ($0.06). Kura Sushi USA had a negative net margin of 3.08% and a negative return on equity of 0.50%. The firm had revenue of $64.89 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $66.30 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.09) earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Kura Sushi USA will post 0.22 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Seitaro Ishii sold 6,918 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $83.03, for a total transaction of $574,401.54. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,313 shares in the company, valued at approximately $109,018.39. The trade was a 84.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 2.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Kura Sushi USA

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in KRUS. Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI acquired a new position in Kura Sushi USA in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new position in shares of Kura Sushi USA in the fourth quarter valued at $61,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets bought a new position in Kura Sushi USA in the fourth quarter worth $77,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new position in Kura Sushi USA in the fourth quarter worth $109,000. Finally, US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in Kura Sushi USA by 43.5% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $163,000 after buying an additional 547 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.49% of the company’s stock.

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