Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 11, 2026
GENK on August 11, 2026: why it ran
On August 11, 2026, GENK opened up 16.5% from the previous close of 1.82 and reached 2.32 at 3:22 p.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 1.82
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 2.12
- Gap at the open
- up 16.5%
- Pre-market high
- 2.19 at 9:13 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.32 at 3:22 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.58
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 2.10 at 4:21 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 1.99
- Volume
- 968,328
- Relative volume
- 5.4x
- Float
- 4.91 million shares, from filings as of August 11, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 32.96 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for GENK published between the previous session's close and the first minute GENK traded 20% above it, at 9:13 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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GEN Restaurant Group Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) Reports Q2 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and fade. It gapped up 16.5% to 2.12 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at 1.99.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:56 p.m. | News (Zacks Investment Research): GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) Reports Q2 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates |
| Aug 10, 7:05 p.m. | News (MarketBeat): GEN Restaurant Group Q2 Earnings Call Highlights |
| Aug 10, 7:58 p.m. | News (Seeking Alpha): GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript |
| 9:13 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 1.82 |
| 9:13 a.m. | Pre-market high, 2.19 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 2.12, up 16.5% from the previous close |
| 3:22 p.m. | High of the day to the close, 2.32 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 1.99, 14.2% below the high |
The shape is a fixed rule, not a judgement: gapped 10% or more at the open, ran 10% or more from the open to the high, and faded if it gave back 30% or more of that move by the close.
The day in numbers
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 13 hours 14 minutes after the latest news item before it (Seeking Alpha, Aug 10, 7:58 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 433,400 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (45%), 113,300 in the first 30 minutes (12%), and 421,628 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (44%).
- Other days GENK met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on August 10, 2026.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for GENK that day.
On this date the LULD plan ran under Amendment 18, in force from February 24, 2020: no band doubling at the open, and the closing doubling only for Tier 1 stocks and Tier 2 stocks whose previous close was at or below three dollars. See LULD halts or work out a band with the LULD calculator.
Trade this day
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