Kura Sushi USA Announces Fiscal Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
IRVINE, Calif., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (“Kura Sushi” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRUS), a technology-enabled Japanese restaurant concept, today announced financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended February 29, 2024.
- IRVINE, Calif., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (“Kura Sushi” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRUS), a technology-enabled Japanese restaurant concept, today announced financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended February 29, 2024.
- Total sales were $57.3 million, compared to $43.9 million in the second quarter of 2023;
Comparable restaurant sales increased 3.0% for the second quarter of 2024 as compared to the second quarter of 2023;
Operating loss was $1.7 million, compared to operating loss of $1.0 million in the second quarter of 2023;
Net loss was $1.0 million, or $(0.09) per diluted share, compared to net loss of $1.0 million, or $(0.10) per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2023;
Restaurant-level operating profit* was $11.2 million, or 19.6% of sales;
Adjusted EBITDA* was $2.9 million; and
Five new restaurants opened during the fiscal second quarter of 2024. - Comparable restaurant sales increased 3.0% for the second quarter of 2024 as compared to the second quarter of 2023.
- During the fiscal second quarter of 2024, the Company opened five new restaurants in Kansas City, Missouri; Skokie, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; Euless, Texas; and Webster, Texas.