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Kura Sushi USA, Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest, by STUTZ CARIN, was filed 15 Nov 2023.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Kura Sushi USA, Inc., classified in the Retail & Commerce sector, is a listed company based in United States. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). In the past year (22 October 2025 to 22 October 2026), 29 filings came from 11 insiders.
No insider bought on the market over the period, while 1 insider filed 3 sales totalling €620k. Uba Hajime filed the largest sale, €239k, on 21 January 2026.
With 29 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 24 filings across the 3,171 companies we follow on the same exchange. Since 2020, the database holds 2 purchases and 7 sales by insiders of the company. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 August 2025 lists revenue at 282.8 m USD and net income at -1.9 m USD.
Between a trade and the moment it shows up on SEC (Form 4), the median delay is 1 day. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify.
Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
97
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€89,294
2 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€3M
7 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleHajime Uba3 sales
Ishii Seitaro1 sale
Since the insiders bought
- +45.4%Entry US$61.37 · Close at T+365 US$89.22
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Kura Sushi USA, Inc. Buy (bullish), based on 8 analysts. Average price target: US$65.75.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 24,593 of 26,284 companies
17.5
score / 100
Value18
Quality17
FCF yld-5.2%
Earn yld-0.4%
EV/EBITDA50.4x
ROE-0.9%
Gross mgn12%
Net mgn-0.7%
Debt/EBITDA13.7x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended August 2025 · cache
US$37.35
Analyst consensus
8 analystsBuy
US$51.00Target US$65.75(+76%)US$85.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$282.8M
Gross profitUS$33.4M12% margin
EBITDAUS$12.4M4% margin
Net income-US$1.9M-0.7% margin
Valuation
PER (forward)136.7x
P/Book2.0x
Beta1.29
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$453.8M
Total debtUS$170M
Free Cash Flow-US$23.6M
Debt / Equity90%
Profitability & ownership
ROE-0.9%
ROA-0.4%
% insiders39.6%
% institutions83.5%
Last declaration on 20 July 2026
Declarations97 total
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About Kura Sushi USA, Inc.
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (ticker: KRUS) is a U.S.-listed restaurant company traded on the NASDAQ in the United States. It operates a differentiated Japanese dining concept centered on revolving sushi, combining dine-in service, table-side digital ordering, automation, and a gamified customer experience branded as the “Kura Experience.” For international investors, KRUS should be viewed as a niche consumer-discretionary growth story rather than a traditional restaurant chain: the investment case is driven by unit expansion, concept scalability, and operating leverage as the brand matures.
The company was founded in 2008 as a U.S. subsidiary of Kura Sushi, Inc., its Japan-based parent and majority stockholder. Its principal executive offices are in Irvine, California, underscoring that management, development, and execution are U.S.-based even though the brand heritage and certain intellectual property remain tied to Japan. Kura Sushi USA went public in 2019, giving it a listed equity currency to fund restaurant openings and support growth in a still-underpenetrated market.
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Operationally, the group is focused on company-owned restaurants. Its menu includes freshly prepared Japanese cuisine, with sushi as the core offer, complemented by side dishes and other Japanese items. Management has consistently positioned the concept around quality ingredients, affordability, and a distinctive in-store experience. This combination creates a competitive moat that is less about pure pricing power and more about brand distinctiveness, customer engagement, and operational consistency across a relatively small but growing store base.
Geographically, the business is concentrated entirely in the United States. In its latest public reporting, Kura Sushi USA stated that it operated about 82 restaurants across 22 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., reflecting a still-early phase of national rollout. The company has also described its long-term potential as well above the current footprint, which supports a multi-year store-opening narrative.
Recent highlights include continued new-unit growth during fiscal 2025 and ongoing marketing collaborations tied to popular Japanese pop culture franchises. In spring 2025, the company also reported interim results that emphasized the benefit of new openings to revenue growth. From an analyst’s standpoint, the key watch items are same-store sales trends, new-store productivity, labor and food cost discipline, and the pace at which the concept can be scaled profitably in the United States.
