GEN Restaurant Group

GENK

Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$2.08

+0.34 (+19.54%)

Market Cap

$68.6M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Weak

Valuation

Data not available

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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)

Winston Score History

The full picture

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.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-175.0% 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

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 months

$6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

GEN Restaurant Group has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

4.6%

Thin — 4.6% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-9.2%

Losing money on operations — -9.2%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-48.9%

Weak — -48.9% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-2.9%

Shrinking sales (-2.9% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-9.3%

Burning cash (-9.3%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

2.24

Heavy debt load (2.24)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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