Kura Sushi USA Inc (NASDAQ: KRUS)’s stock price has decreased by -9.26 compared to its previous closing price of 81.02. However, the company has seen a -16.04% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-01-17 that Kura Sushi (KRUS) has become technically an oversold stock now, which implies exhaustion of the heavy selling pressure on it. This, combined with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher, indicates a potential trend reversal for the stock in the near term.
Is It Worth Investing in Kura Sushi USA Inc (NASDAQ: KRUS) Right Now?
KRUS has 36-month beta value of 1.84. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for KRUS is 6.09M, and currently, short sellers hold a 22.98% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of KRUS on January 20, 2025 was 160.07K shares.
KRUS’s Market Performance
KRUS stock saw a decrease of -16.04% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -25.07% and a quarterly a decrease of -12.26%. The volatility ratio for the week is 7.87%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.33% for Kura Sushi USA Inc (KRUS). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -18.46% for KRUS stock, with a simple moving average of -14.37% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of KRUS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for KRUS stocks, with Northcoast repeating the rating for KRUS by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for KRUS in the upcoming period, according to Northcoast is $79 based on the research report published on September 10, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Piper Sandler, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see KRUS reach a price target of $114. The rating they have provided for KRUS stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on April 24th, 2024.
Lake Street gave a rating of “Hold” to KRUS, setting the target price at $70 in the report published on January 05th of the previous year.
KRUS Trading at -22.67% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought KRUS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -40.14% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.33%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.87%, as shares sank -25.02% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -20.87% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, KRUS fell by -16.04%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -31.61% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $90.17. In addition, Kura Sushi USA Inc saw -18.83% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at KRUS starting from ISHII SEITARO, who proposed sale 6,918 shares at the price of $83.26 back on Jan 16 ’25. After this action, ISHII SEITARO now owns shares of Kura Sushi USA Inc, valued at $576,000 using the latest closing price.
ISHII SEITARO, the Director of Kura Sushi USA Inc, sale 5,000 shares at $109.97 during a trade that took place back on Apr 12 ’24, which means that ISHII SEITARO is holding 1,313 shares at $549,871 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for KRUS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.28 for the gross margin
The net margin for Kura Sushi USA Inc stands at -0.03. The total capital return value is set at -0.02. Equity return is now at value -3.94, with -2.16 for asset returns.
Based on Kura Sushi USA Inc (KRUS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.4 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.11. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.67. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -154.29.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.2 million with net debt to EBITDA at 9.48. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.42. The receivables turnover for the company is 51.55for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.62. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.47.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Kura Sushi USA Inc (KRUS) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
