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GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK)

Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | Cerritos, United States | NasdaqGM
1.69 USD +0.24 (16.552%) ⇧ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:51 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely bearish due to a catastrophic balance sheet and deteriorating operational fundamentals. The company is drowning in debt, with liabilities nearly 12 times its equity, while burning cash aggressively with negative operating and free cash flows. This financial distress is compounded by a history of missing revenue estimates in recent quarters, signaling that the turnaround strategy is failing to generate traction. There is no dividend to provide income, and the stock trades at a discount to book value only because the market has already priced in the risk of insolvency or dilution. While the price-to-sales ratio appears low, it reflects a business with negative earnings and no path to profitability, making it a value trap rather than a bargain. The recent news of securing purchase commitments offers a glimmer of hope for future channels, but without immediate cash flow relief or a drastic reduction in leverage, the near-term trajectory remains sharply downward.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.090046
AutoARIMA0.094975
AutoETS0.095211
AutoTheta0.095262

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 7.40
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.197
Excess Kurtosis -1.26
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2025-06-08
Last Dividend Date 2025-06-08
Debt to Equity Ratio 1178.606
Revenue per Share 39.572
Market Cap 55,710,208
Forward P/E -8.05
Beta 0.98
Profit Margins -2.09%
Website https://www.genkoreanbbq.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-06-09 0.03 0.700935
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
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 -0.4385382
Address1 11,480 South Street
Address2 Suite 205
All Time High 20.5
All Time Low 1.385
Ask 2.58
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 5,700,700
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,078,175
Average Volume 1,078,175
Average Volume10Days 5,700,700
Beta 0.977
Bid 1.45
Bid Size 2
Book Value 2.264
City Cerritos
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.69
Current Ratio 0.287
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 2.53
Day Low 1.58
Debt To Equity 1,178.606
Display Name GEN Restaurant
Dividend Date 1,750,636,800
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,395,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,395,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,392,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,908,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,908,800
Ebitda -13,616,000
Ebitda Margins -0.064899996
Enterprise To Ebitda -14.334
Enterprise To Revenue 0.93
Enterprise Value 195,167,184
Eps Current Year -0.45
Eps Forward -0.21
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.0
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,749,427,200
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 1.7941
Fifty Day Average Change -0.10409999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.058023512
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -43.85382
Fifty Two Week High 3.2
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.51
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.47187498
Fifty Two Week Low 1.385
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.30500007
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.22021666
Fifty Two Week Range 1.385 - 3.2
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,687,959,000,000
Float Shares 4,784,941
Forward Eps -0.21
Forward P E -8.04762
Free Cashflow -7,500,750
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 375
Fullday Change -0.030100107
Fullday Change Percent -1.7810714
Fullday Price 1.6599
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.09934
Gross Profits 20,840,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.07488
Held Percent Institutions 0.16451
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 55,710,208
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1838854195
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -4,386,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 9,093,349
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 2.4703
Operating Cashflow -2,892,000
Operating Margins -0.09245
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 562 356 9929
Pre Market Change -0.030100107
Pre Market Change Percent -1.7810714
Pre Market Price 1.6599
Pre Market Time 1,792,068,462
Previous Close 1.45
Price Eps Current Year -3.7555559
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.74646646
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.26555225
Profit Margins -0.02091
Quick Ratio 0.15
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.24000001
Regular Market Change Percent 16.551723
Regular Market Day High 2.53
Regular Market Day Low 1.58
Regular Market Day Range 1.58 - 2.53
Regular Market Open 2.4703
Regular Market Previous Close 1.45
Regular Market Price 1.69
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,001
Regular Market Volume 56,781,919
Return On Assets -0.058790002
Return On Equity -0.96661
Revenue Growth 0.013
Revenue Per Share 39.572
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Shares Outstanding 5,364,808
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0394
Shares Short 287,648
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 287,897
Short Name GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0421
Short Ratio 6.8
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 5,930,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.112
Total Debt 188,188,000
Total Revenue 209,790,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.924055
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.23405492
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.121646695
Type Disp Equity
Volume 56,781,919
Website https://www.genkoreanbbq.com
Zip 90,703