GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.

GENK

$1.89

-1.56%

2026-09-03 16:00:01 EDT-$0.03

Consumer Cyclical

Restaurants

NASDAQ

Active Trading

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. operates restaurants in the United States. The company offers meats, poultry, and seafood. GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. was ...

Price Action of GENK

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GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: GENK) is a leading player in the Asian casual dining segment, specializing in the Korean BBQ experience. Founded in 2011 by David Kim and Jae Chang, the company has grown from its first location in Tustin, California to over 50 company-owned restaurants across the U.S., ...GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: GENK) is a leading player in the Asian casual dining segment, specializing in the Korean BBQ experience. Founded in 2011 by David Kim and Jae Chang, the company has grown from its first location in Tustin, California to over 50 company-owned restaurants across the U.S., primarily in the Western states. The brand is known for its all-you-can-eat model, where guests grill high-quality meats, poultry, and seafood at their tables, fostering an interactive and social dining atmosphere. The company also offers ready-to-cook meals and has expanded into retail placements, such as at Save Mart, to extend its brand beyond restaurants. Financially, GENK went public in June 2023, raising $43.2 million in its IPO. As of the latest data, the company has a market cap of approximately $65.9 million, with revenue per share of $39.11, but currently faces profitability challenges, evidenced by negative net income and operating cash flow. The company employs around 2,700 full-time staff, dedicated to maintaining service standards and operational efficiency. With a focus on expansion, GEN aims to grow its footprint and explore new revenue streams, including consumer packaged goods and experiential channels. Despite current financial headwinds, the brand's strong following and unique dining concept position it for potential growth in the competitive restaurant industry.ExpandCollapse

Founded

2011

Employees

2726

CEO

David Kim

Full Name

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.

Sector

Consumer Cyclical

Industry

Restaurants

ROE

-31.91%

Market Cap

$0.06B

Current Ratio

0.29

WACC

2.89%

ROIC

83.18%

Contact Information

https://www.genkoreanbbq.com

562-356-9929

11480 South Street, Cerritos, CA 90703

Key Metrics of GENK

Snapshot

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Market Cap

$62.30M

ROCE

-11.3%

EV / EBITDA

-16.90x

-8.1% YoY

FCF Yield

-31.3%

+191.9% YoY

Cash Conversion Cycle

-21.5d

Current Ratio

0.29

Quick take

TTM —

Current ratio below 1.0

Negative working capital

Financial Highlights of GENK

Profitability trend

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Gross Margin

5.0%

Net Margin

-2.1%

P/E Ratio

-2.28x

n/a

Debt / Equity

13.87

n/a

Current Ratio

0.29

Dividend Yield

0.0%

Understanding

TTM —

Current ratio below 1.0

High debt to equity

Calendar of GENK

Upcoming

Sep 30, 2026In 26 days
Q3 FY2026 · Estimated results
Est. EPS $-0.04 · Revenue $53.95M · 1 analysts
Dec 30, 2026
Q4 FY2026 · Estimated results
Est. EPS $-0.04 · Revenue $51.80M · 1 analysts
Dec 31, 2026
FY2026 · Estimated annual results
Est. EPS $-0.32 · Revenue $216.90M · 1 analysts
Mar 30, 2027
Q1 FY2027 · Estimated results
Est. EPS $-0.04 · Revenue $55.90M · 1 analysts

Recent history

Aug 10, 2026
Q2 FY2026 · Results reported
EPS $-0.14 · Revenue $55.73M
View filing
May 14, 2026
Q1 FY2026 · Results reported
EPS $-0.22 · Revenue $53.90M
View filing
Mar 31, 2026
FY2025 · Annual results
EPS $-0.59 · Revenue $212.54M
View filing
Nov 7, 2025
Q3 FY2025 · Results reported
EPS $-0.11 · Revenue $50.42M
View filing
Aug 6, 2025
Q2 FY2025 · Results reported
EPS $-0.05 · Revenue $55.04M
View filing
Jun 23, 2025
Dividend payment

Financial Statements of GENK

5Y Trend (Revenue, Earnings, FCF)

Metric	Latest	YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.	QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).	$212.5M	+2.0%	+3.4%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.	$-3.0M	-611.1%	+35.3%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.	+9.2%	-12.9%	+899.2%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).	-3.1%	-1463.5%	+30.9%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.	-1.4%	-601.1%	+37.5%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.	$-24.3M	-305.5%	-721.1%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.	-11.4%	-297.5%	-694.1%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.	1335.0%	+4.3%	+3.1%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.	0.42x	-49.0%	+0.2%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.	$259.9M	+8.1%	-4.4%

Actual vs Estimate

A Dec 31Q Jun 30

Metric	Annual (A vs E)	Annual Surprise	Quarter (A vs E)	Quarter Surprise
EPS Surprise	-0.59 vs -0.09	-555.6%	-0.14 vs -0.06	-133.3%
Revenue Surprise	$212.5M vs $223.2M	-4.8%	$55.7M vs $57.2M	-2.6%

Insider Transactions of GENK

Acquisitions (A)

Since Nov 19, 2024

Disposals (D)

Since Nov 19, 2024

Monthly shares of acquisitions/disposals with close price trend (shared daily price source)

Insider Trading Snapshot

Date	Executive	Title	Security	Side	Shares	Price
Jun 1, 2026	Hewko Luke	—	—	—	0	—
Jul 25, 2025	Cowan Michael	director	Class A Common Stock	A	6,000	$4.20
May 30, 2025	Cowan Michael	director	Class A Common Stock	A	30,000	$3.30
May 19, 2025	Croal Thomas	officer: Chief Financial Officer	Class A Common Stock	A	2,000	$4.00
May 12, 2025	Kim David Wook Jin	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	Class A Common Stock	A	52,127	—

Earnings Call Transcript of GENK

1 transcript segments

Q2 2026

Unknown Speaker

Operator: Good afternoon, and welcome to the GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that this call is being recorded today, Monday, August 10, 2026. I would now like to turn the conference over to Lucas Zimmerman, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Lucas Zimmerman: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to GEN Restaurant Group's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This conference is being recorded today, Monday, August 10, 2026, and the earnings press release accompanying this call was issued after the market closed today. Joining us for today's call are GEN Restaurant Group's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David Kim; and Chief Financial Officer, Luke Hewko. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that some of the statements management makes on this call are forward-looking statements that reflect current expectations about future operating and financial results, including expectations relating to the company's CPG division, growth prospects and statements regarding the nonbinding letter of intent and the proposed transaction contemplated thereby, including when a definitive agreements will be executed or any transaction consummated. Although management believes these expectations and assumptions are reasonable, they remain subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and the actual results could differ materially from what is stated or implied today. For more information, please refer to the forward-looking statements section in today's press release and the risk factors described in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements made on this call speak only as of today, and the company undertakes no obligation to update them, except as required by law. Please also note that today's call will include a discussion of adjusted EBITDA, restaurant-level adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income or loss, which are non-GAAP financial measures. Important information, including reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is detailed in today's press release. With that, it is my pleasure to turn the call over to GEN Restaurant Group's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David Kim. David, the floor is yours. Wook Kim: Thank you, Lucas, and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us today for our second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. I want to start today somewhere different than I normally would, not with a number and not with our restaurants, but with where the food business in this country is going and why I believe GEN is standing in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. One of the things that I have learned in the past 15 years building this company is that you cannot manufacture demand, you can only find it and then get in …

Leadership Team of GENK

2 executives

Name	Title	Gender	Year Born	Status
Luke A. Hewko	CFO, Secretary, Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer	Male	1993	Active
Wook Jin Kim	Chairman, CEO & Founder	Male	1969	Active

Recent News of GENK

Accesswire8/27/2026Neutral

GEN Restaurant Group Secures Retail Placement at Bristol Farms

Premium Southern California Specialty Grocer to Carry Four Ready-to-Cook Marinated Korean BBQ SKUs Across Its 14 Store Locations Placement Extends GEN's Retail Distribution into the Premium Grocery Channel as the Company's CPG Business Reaches Nearly 2,000 Doors Nationwide CERRITOS, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 27, 2026 / GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. ("GEN" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:GENK), a leader in Korean BBQ both in-restaurant and at home, with 54 GEN Korean BBQ locations and a rapidly growing consumer packaged goods ("CPG") business, today announced that its ready-to-cook marinated Korean BBQ meats have secured retail placement in the frozen section at Bristol Farms, the premium specialty grocer that has served Southern California since 1982. The placement extends GEN's retail distribution into the premium specialty grocery channel, where full-service butcher counters and chef-prepared offerings draw shoppers who regularly cook at home.

Seeking Alpha8/10/2026Neutral

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

MarketBeat8/10/2026Neutral

GEN Restaurant Group Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

GEN Restaurant Group NASDAQ: GENK reported second-quarter revenue growth as its consumer packaged goods business expanded rapidly, while restaurant-level profitability remained below the prior-year period amid commodity inflation, softer comparable sales and investments in retail distribution.

Zacks Investment Research8/10/2026Neutral

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) Reports Q2 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.06 per share in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to earnings of $0.04 per share a year ago.

Accesswire8/10/2026Neutral

GEN Restaurant Group Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

CPG Momentum Accelerates with Purchase Commitments from More Than 100 Costco Warehouses Nationwide and New Distribution Agreements with United Natural Foods and C&S Wholesale Grocers Second Quarter Revenue Increased 1.2% Year-Over-Year to $55.7 Million CERRITOS, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 10, 2026 / GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. ("GEN" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:GENK), a leader in Korean BBQ both in-restaurant and at home, with 54 GEN Korean BBQ locations and a rapidly growing consumer packaged goods ("CPG") business, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. Financial Summary: $ in millions (except per share data) Q2 2026 Q2 2025 Revenue $ 55.7 $ 55.0 Loss from Operations $ (5.2 ) $ (1.9 ) Restaurant-Level Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) $ 6.3 $ 9.0 Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) $ (0.04 ) $ 1.9 Net Loss $ (4.6 ) $ (1.7 ) Net Loss per Class A Share (Diluted) $ (0.14 ) $ (0.05 ) Second Quarter 2026 Financial and Recent Operational Highlights Total revenue increased 1.2% to $55.7 million for the second quarter of 2026, as compared to $55.0 million in the second quarter of 2025, which reflects growth in the Company's CPG division and revenue from restaurants opened in 2025 and 2026, partially offset by a decline in comparable restaurant sales and the loss of revenue from the six restaurants exited during the quarter.

Historical Employee Count of GENK

Current

2,700

Change

+0.00%

Minimum

2,500

Maximum

2,700

Recent Filings

Report Date	Employees	Form Type	Filing Date	SEC Filing
Dec 31, 2025	2,700	10-K	Mar 31, 2026	View
Dec 31, 2024	2,700	10-K	Mar 10, 2025	View
Dec 31, 2023	2,500	10-K	Mar 6, 2024	View

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