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Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $190.2M and $254.1M next year (method v4.1: its own 3-year record of growth weighed at 40% against $100M–1B filers; across 2019–2025, 69.0% landed inside, 83.4% on the one year the method never saw). In a shock year the stress range is $176.8M to $274.2M. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (31 filers, $50M+ revenue, retail-eating places): operating margin -9.4% against a 4.3% median; growth 2.0% against 4.7%.", "peers": { "sic": 5812, "sicDescription": "Retail-Eating Places", "calendarYear": 2025, "minRevenue": 50000000, "depth": 4, "group": "5812", "growth": [ 0.0466, 33 ], "opMargin": [ 0.0434, 31 ], "equityRatio": [ 0.1419, 31 ], "returnOnEquity": [ 0.079, 20 ], "payoutRatio": [ 0.4122, 16 ] }, "summary": "GEN Restaurant Group (GENK) grew revenue 2.0% in FY2025 to $213 million, operating margin -9.4% against a 4.3% median for retail-eating places, equity 10.2% of assets. 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GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 4.3%-9.4%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 4.7%2.0%Equity of assetsPeer median 14.2%10.2%Return on equityPeer median 7.9%-73.1%Gold tick: the median of 20–31 peers with $50M+ revenue in retail-eating places
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Handed back now, or kept to compound · of each dollar of profit
Handed back per share$0.03

Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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