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GEN Restaurant Group

GENK
13
Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$1.77
-0.04 (-2.21%)
Market Cap
$58.3M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
13
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+43.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.6M (2021) → 5.2M (2025)

GEN Restaurant Group operates a chain of Korean barbecue restaurants in the United States. Customers sit at tables with built-in grills and cook their own meat, which is the main attraction. The company owns and runs the GEN Korean BBQ House brand, which is one of the larger Korean barbecue chains in the country.

The company makes money by charging customers for all-you-can-eat meals at a set price per person. Most of its locations are in California, with some expansion into other states. The all-you-can-eat format creates a fun dining experience that is hard to replicate at home, but the business faces real pressure from high food and labor costs, which helps explain its thin gross margin and current operating losses. The key challenge ahead is whether the company can open new locations profitably while keeping costs under control.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-6.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-266.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

14.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~20 months

$4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

GEN Restaurant Group's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
-13.4%
Losing money on operations — -13.4%
ROCE
-3.6%
Weak — -3.6% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-2.7%
Shrinking sales (-2.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-9.7%
Burning cash (-9.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
9.09
Heavy debt load (9.09)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.47%
Small dividend — 1.47% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
N/A
no trend
Data not available

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