Kura Sushi USA

KRUS

Kura Sushi (Japanese: くら寿司, Hepburn: Kura zushi) is a Japanese sushi restaurant chain. It has 451 locations in Japan, 22 in Taiwan, and 24 in the United States. While it is a conveyor belt sushi chain, it relies on a high level of automation allowing the average location to function with fifteen to twenty staff members.

Kura Sushi USA has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 13.90% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (15.44%).