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GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK)

Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | Cerritos, United States | NasdaqGM
1.76 USD -0.18 (-9.278%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:48 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely compromised by a collapsing balance sheet and deteriorating operational performance. The company is drowning under debt, with a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 900x and a current ratio of just 0.29, indicating severe liquidity distress where liabilities vastly outweigh liquid assets. Fundamentally, the business is failing to generate value, evidenced by negative profit margins, negative free cash flow, and a sharp contraction in revenue growth. This fundamental rot is reflected in the stock's price history, which has suffered a catastrophic 76.75% decline over the last two years, driven by two consecutive years of double-digit percentage drops. While recent trading shows minor volatility, the underlying mechanics suggest a high probability of further downside rather than a recovery. The dividend situation offers no relief; the company paid a mere $0.03 recently, which is negligible and likely unsustainable given the negative cash flows. With no credible path to profitability and a fortress-like debt burden, the investment case is non-existent.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.268076
AutoETS0.278153
AutoARIMA0.278155
AutoTheta0.331787

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 31%
H-stat 0.92
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.001
Excess Kurtosis 1.55
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2025-06-08
Last Dividend Date 2025-06-08
Debt to Equity Ratio 909.308
Revenue per Share 39.876
Market Cap 58,017,728
Forward P/E -8.38
Beta 0.98
Profit Margins -1.86%
Website https://www.genkoreanbbq.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-06-09 0.03 0.700935
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2025-06-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.03
lastDividendDate 2025-06-09
dividendDate 2025-06-23

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.5343915
Address1 11,480 South Street
Address2 Suite 205
All Time High 20.5
All Time Low 1.43
Ask 2.3
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 17,640
Average Daily Volume3 Month 28,819
Average Volume 28,819
Average Volume10Days 17,640
Beta 0.977
Bid 1.34
Bid Size 2
Book Value 2.243
City Cerritos
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.76
Current Ratio 0.287
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 1.9887
Day Low 1.75
Debt To Equity 909.308
Display Name GEN Restaurant
Dividend Date 1,750,636,800
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,792,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,792,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,788,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,960,000
Ebitda -10,492,000
Ebitda Margins -0.050180003
Enterprise To Ebitda -18.482
Enterprise To Revenue 0.927
Enterprise Value 193,914,384
Eps Current Year -0.45
Eps Forward -0.21
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.75
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,749,427,200
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.0715
Fifty Day Average Change -0.31150007
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.15037416
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -53.43915
Fifty Two Week High 4.99
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.2299998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6472946
Fifty Two Week Low 1.43
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.33000004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.23076928
Fifty Two Week Range 1.43 - 4.99
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,687,959,000,000
Float Shares 4,783,448
Forward Eps -0.21
Forward P E -8.380953
Free Cashflow -8,696,375
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 375
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.111999996
Gross Profits 23,420,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.10187
Held Percent Institutions 0.10115
Implied Shares Outstanding 32,964,618
Industry Restaurants
Industry Disp Restaurants
Industry Key restaurants
Ipo Expected Date 2,023-06-28
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,749,427,200
Last Dividend Value 0.03
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. operates restaurants in the United States. The company offers meat, poultry, and seafood, as well as ready-to-cook meals. It also offers appetizer, sauces, and veggies and other products. GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Cerritos, California.
Long Name GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 58,017,728
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1838854195
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -3,891,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 9,388,414
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 1.9391
Operating Cashflow 3,945,000
Operating Margins -0.13374
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 562 356 9929
Previous Close 1.94
Price Eps Current Year -3.911111
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.7846634
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.27746272
Profit Margins -0.018609999
Quick Ratio 0.122
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.18
Regular Market Change Percent -9.27835
Regular Market Day High 1.9887
Regular Market Day Low 1.75
Regular Market Day Range 1.75 - 1.9887
Regular Market Open 1.9391
Regular Market Previous Close 1.94
Regular Market Price 1.76
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 25,743
Return On Assets -0.05079
Return On Equity -0.78502
Revenue Growth -0.06
Revenue Per Share 39.876
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Shares Outstanding 5,364,808
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0805
Shares Short 431,655
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 464,049
Short Name GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0881
Short Ratio 17.5
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol GENK
Target High Price 2.5
Target Low Price 2.5
Target Mean Price 2.5
Target Median Price 2.5
Total Cash 4,435,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.832
Total Debt 181,016,000
Total Revenue 209,100,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.75
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.21223
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.45222998
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.20442268
Type Disp Equity
Volume 25,743
Website https://www.genkoreanbbq.com
Zip 90,703