Kura Sushi, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Leisure Services
  • ISIN: JP3268200007
JPY
3,445.00
235 (7.32%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Ohsho Food Service Corp.
FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD.
The Monogatari Corp.
Kura Sushi, Inc.
Colowide Co., Ltd.
Saizeriya Co., Ltd.
create restaurants holdings, inc.
Ichibanya Co., Ltd.
TORIDOLL Holdings Corp.
Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.
ATOM Corp.

Why is Kura Sushi, Inc. ?

1
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -0.69% of over the last 5 years
2
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At JPY 573 MM has Fallen at -52.63%
3
With ROE of 6.72%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.12 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 9.54%, its profits have risen by 15% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.1
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 62.9
4
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 9.54% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Japan Nikkei 225) returns of 36.73%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Kura Sushi, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Leisure Services should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Leisure Services)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Kura Sushi, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Kura Sushi, Inc.
-100.0%
-0.84
26.80%
Japan Nikkei 225
38.94%
1.30
28.24%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.37%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-0.69%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.99
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.43
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.67
Tax Ratio
69.97%
Dividend Payout Ratio
22.04%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
7.27%
ROE (avg)
3.79%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
32
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.12
EV to EBIT
19.83
EV to EBITDA
6.58
EV to Capital Employed
2.98
EV to Sales
0.44
PEG Ratio
2.10
Dividend Yield
62.89%
ROCE (Latest)
15.04%
ROE (Latest)
6.72%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)

Higher at JPY 3,143.82 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 548.19%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.14% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at JPY 50,884 MM

-3What is not working for the Company
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At JPY 573 MM has Fallen at -52.63%

Here's what is working for Kura Sushi, Inc.

Net Profit
At JPY 3,143.82 MM has Grown at 207.61%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Net Profit
Higher at JPY 3,143.82 MM
than preceding 12 month period ended Oct 2025
MOJO Watch
In the half year the company has already crossed Net Profit of the previous twelve months

Net Profit (JPY MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at JPY 50,884 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 548.19%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0.14% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at JPY 3,328 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Depreciation
At JPY 3,328 MM has Grown at 59.23%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Here's what is not working for Kura Sushi, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
At JPY 573 MM has Fallen at -52.63%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of JPY 1,209.5 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)