Kona Grill Inc. said its normalized net income for the first quarter was a loss of 9 cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of a loss of 12 cents per share.
The per-share loss widened 73.7% year over year from 5 cents.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was a loss of $1.0 million, compared with a loss of $585,630 in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin fell to negative 2.6% from negative 1.8% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue rose 19.7% year over year to $39.3 million from $32.8 million, and total operating expenses climbed 21.2% year over year to $40.9 million from $33.7 million.
Reported net income came to a loss of $1.7 million, or a loss of 15 cents per share, compared to a loss of $898,800, or a loss of 8 cents per share, in the prior-year period.