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KRT

Karat Packaging Inc.

Next earnings Aug 5, 2026 · consensus $0.48 EPS, $136M rev

Last earnings +2.5% on 2026-05-07

Buy
$31.72
▲ +2.06%
$31.72▲ +23.07%
over 1Y
L $19.92EODHDH $31.72
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+2.1%
1W+6.8%
1M+16.1%
3M+16.8%
YTD+46.7%
1Y+23.1%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Buy
Quality
B
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Watch
Buy
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 10 analysts
Sell

Revenue grew 10.7% YoY.

Revenue (FY2025) $468M · FY2025

The read

Solid fundamentals at a roughly fair price — reasonable risk/reward at today's level.

Karat Packaging Inc. shows $468M in FY2025 revenue (+10.7% YoY), a 6.7% net margin, and 21.1% ROE.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$364M$423M$406M$423M$468M
Gross profit$108M$132M$153M$164M$172M
Operating income$23.1M$30.0M$42.1M$37.8M$41.4M
Net income$20.8M$23.6M$32.5M$30.0M$31.5M
Diluted EPS$1.12$1.19$1.63$1.49$1.56
Net margin5.7%5.6%8.0%7.1%6.7%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$609M
EV / EBITDA11.6
EV / Sales1.3
EV / FCF18.4
P / FCF19.2
PEG (trailing)4.06
Earnings yield5.0%
FCF yield5.2%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)20.1%
Free cash flow$33.1M
Total debt$13.1M
Net cash$24.7M
Altman Z-Score5.69 safe
Piotroski F-Score7/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield0.5%
Dividend yield (est.)5.7%
Shareholder yield6.2%
Shares Δ YoY-0.4%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-06-17
  2. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-08
  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-07
  4. 8-K Other event2026-05-06
  5. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-04-24
  6. 8-K Auditor change2026-03-17
  7. 10-K Annual report2026-03-13
  8. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-12
  9. 8-K Other event2026-02-06

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-162026-06-17open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-152026-05-15open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-152026-05-15open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-152026-05-15open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-112026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-112026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-112026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-08open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-072026-05-07open ↗

Quality score

B
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueB+
GrowthB-
ProfitabilityB
Financial healthA-
Momentum—
  • ✓Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✓Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✓Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
  • ✓P/E below 25

Fair value est.

$34.78

Fairly valued +10% vs price

cheapfair valueexpensive

Modified Graham: EPS $1.56 × (8.5 + 1.5 × 7.8% growth) × 1.10 quality = 22.3× multiple. An estimate, not a price target.

Revenue
$468M
+10.7% YoY
Net margin
6.7%
ROE
21.1%
P/E
20.3

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$468M+10.7%
Net income$31.5M+5.0%
Gross profit$172M+4.8%
Operating income$41.4M+9.7%
Diluted EPS$1.56+4.7%
Cash & equivalents$37.9M+19.9%
Total assets$288M-2.3%
Total liabilities$131M-1.1%
Stockholders' equity$149M-4.0%
Gross: 36.8%Op.: 8.9%L/E: 0.88x

Frequently asked

Is Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT) a buy?
KRT currently carries a Buy rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Revenue grew 10.7% YoY.
What is KRT's fair value?
A Modified-Graham model based on KRT's SEC fundamentals estimates a fair value of about $34.78. It is an estimate from reported earnings, not a price target.
Is KRT overvalued or undervalued?
Against a Modified-Graham fair-value estimate, KRT currently appears fairly valued relative to its SEC-grounded earnings power.
What is Karat Packaging Inc.'s quality score?
KRT scores 72.6470588235294/100 (grade B) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001758021, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-08) · EODHD · as of 6/26/2026, 1:04:17 AM.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-05-15
Guo Jian
Chief Financial Officer
Tax2.73K @ $26.28$71.8K
2026-05-15
Yu Alan
Chief Executive Officer
Tax2.12K @ $26.28$55.8K
2026-05-15
Quire Daniel
Chief Revenue Officer
Tax2.06K @ $26.28$54.3K
2026-05-12
Guo Jian
Chief Financial Officer
Exercise8.00K
2026-05-12
Quire Daniel
Chief Revenue Officer
Exercise8.00K
2026-05-12
Yu Alan
Chief Executive Officer
Exercise8.00K
2026-05-07
Chen Eric K
Director
Exercise1.00K
2026-05-07
Yen Eve
Director
Exercise1.00K

Dividends

Quarterly
Yield (TTM)
5.7%
Annual / share
$1.80
Last ex-date
2026-05-21
Last amount
$0.45
ex 2026-05-21paid 2026-05-28$0.45
ex 2026-02-20paid 2026-02-27$0.45
ex 2025-11-21paid 2025-11-28$0.45
ex 2025-08-20paid 2025-08-27$0.45
ex 2025-05-16paid 2025-05-23$0.45
ex 2025-02-24paid 2025-02-28$0.45

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-07Beat +12.2% est▲ +2.46%8-K ↗
2026-03-12Beat +22.4% est▼ -2.23%8-K ↗
2025-11-06Miss -4.9% est▼ -5.36%8-K ↗
2025-08-07Miss -7.5% est▼ -0.82%8-K ↗
2025-05-08—▲ +1.79%8-K ↗
2025-03-13—▼ -1.98%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Recent news

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globenewswire.com· 2026-05-29

Vs tracked universe

compare →

1044 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score73 vs 67
Revenue growth10.7% vs 7.1%
Net margin6.7% vs 10.5%
Return on equity21.1% vs 12.3%
P/E20.3 vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 13d
Bullish
+0.17
vs typical · 17 articles

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.