Kura Sushi USA Inc (NASDAQ: KRUS) is -0.54% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $48.66 and a high of $122.81 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The KRUS stock was last observed hovering at around $102.18 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -12.09%.
Currently trading at $90.09, the stock is -5.57% and -7.21% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.39 million and changing -11.83% at the moment leaves the stock 3.78% off its SMA200. KRUS registered -0.13% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 83.59%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $97.1752 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $86.93932.
The stock witnessed a -15.61% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 9.44%, and is -0.54% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.66% over the week and 5.60% over the month.
Kura Sushi USA Inc (KRUS) has around 3300 employees, a market worth around $1.09B and $250.84M in sales. Fwd P/E is 305.89. Profit margin for the company is -3.08%. Distance from 52-week low is 85.14% and -26.64% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.09%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 109.60% this year
177.0 institutions hold shares in Kura Sushi USA Inc (KRUS), with institutional investors hold 127.23% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 11.06M, and float is at 6.91M with Short Float at 21.08%. Institutions hold 71.13% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 0.86 million shares valued at $53.98 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.6543 of the KRUS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is STEPHENS INC /AR/ with 0.84 million shares valued at $52.88 million to account for 7.4976 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are 12 WEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP which holds 0.46 million shares representing 4.1454 and valued at over $29.24 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 3.9304 of the shares totaling 0.44 million with a market value of $27.72 million.
Kura Sushi USA Inc (KRUS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by ISHII SEITARO, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that ISHII SEITARO sold 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 12 ’24 at a price of $109.97 per share for a total of $0.55 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1313.0 shares.
Kura Sushi USA Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 12 ’24 that TAKAO BRENT ( (a)) sold a total of 14,422 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 12 ’24 and was made at $88.97 per share for $1.28 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1687.0 shares of the KRUS stock.
