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Non-Tech : Kona Grill Restaurants

KONA 0.0395

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Jan 21 3:00 PM EDT

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To: Labrador who wrote (13)	11/3/2005 7:26:20 PM
From: Tom Caruthers	Read Replies (1) of 62

KONA came out with earnings today biz.yahoo.com In general, I am pleased with the report. Revenues are advancing nicely, as expected with the rollout of new stores with improving operating profit. It's all about having a good concept that can be rolled out broadly, with strong same store sales (showing brand loyalty and confirming the value of the concept), strong revenue growth, ultimately leading to an ability to spread your fixed costs over a larger revenue base, until you become solidly profitable. Yes there will be additional dilution as they raise more money for expansion, but a small price to pay. Despite the broad range in guidance for 2006, I think it will tend to the low end (i.e. 10-13 cent loss), which is only a $780k loss for the year. Recent same store sales comps puts KONA in the middle of the pack. Higher end restaurants seem to have done less well - likely impacted from rising energy costs in the third quarter. KONA: +3.4% (slightly down from 9 months average of 4.6%) Dennys: +1.5% PF Changs: MINUS 0.8% Cheesecake Factory: +0.9% BJ's: +5.5% California Pizza Kitchen: +7.1% McCormick and Schmidts: +3.5% Brinker: +3.7 Applebees: +0.9% What are your thoughts? Tom

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