Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)

NASDAQ: KRT · USD

$53.3

-1.20 (-2.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.1B
Revenue (ttm)	493.4M
Net income (ttm)	50.2M
EPS (ttm)	$2.50
Shares out	19.9M
P/E (trailing)	21.3x
P/E (forward)	28.6x
Dividend	$1.88 (3.52%)
Volume	93,522
Beta	0.76

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Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 493.4M
Net income (ttm): 50.2M
EPS (ttm): $2.50
P/E (trailing): 21.3x
P/E (forward): 28.6x
Market cap: 1.1B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E28.6

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Trailing P/E21.3

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ROE30.6

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ROIC14.5

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001758021
Company name	Karat Packaging Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	48563L101
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	amc
Employees	696
Employees change	-25
Employees growth	-3.47%
Enterprise value	$1.1B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	2000
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Packaging & Containers
IPO date	2021-04-15
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US48563L1017
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-13
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$1.1B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	No
Price	$53.27
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	3089
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	KRT
U.S. state	California
Website	https://www.karatpackaging.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	21.06x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	17.09x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	16.39x
Earnings yield	4.69%
EV/Earnings	21.91x
EV/EBIT	29.58x
EV/EBITDA	22.83x
EV/FCF	21.5x
EV/Sales	2.23x
FCF / EV yield	4.65%
FCF yield	4.73%
Forward EV/Sales	2.02x
Forward P/E	28.62x
Forward P/S	1.98x
Graham number	21.67045
Graham upside	-60.06%
Industry forward P/E	14.18x
Industry P/E	45.82x
Lynch fair value	$62.45
Lynch upside	15.1%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	21.65x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	19.5x
P/B ratio	6.52x
P/E ratio	21.33x
P/FCF ratio	21.13x
P/OCF ratio	19.08x
P/S ratio	2.19x
PEG ratio	2.11x
Price / tangible book value	6.65x
Price/EBITDA ratio	22.44x
Sector forward P/E	24.24x
Sector P/E	30.29x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	7.54%
EBITDA margin	9.77%
Effective tax rate	24.12%
FCF margin	10.37%
Gross margin	35.5%
Operating margin	7.54%
Pretax margin	13.78%
Profit margin	10.18%
Profit per employee	$72,136
Profitable quarters	26
Profitable years	7
Revenue per employee	$708,882
ROA	7.29%
ROA (5Y)	8.76%
ROCE	16.29%
ROE	30.62%
ROE (5Y)	20.97%
ROIC	14.47%
ROIC (5Y)	15.17%
SBC / revenue	0.25%
Tax / revenue	3.32%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	57.08%
EPS growth (Q)	170.37%
EPS growth (QoQ)	332.37%
EPS growth 3Y	18.07%
EPS growth 5Y	20.15%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	20.88%
FCF growth (Q)	231.61%
FCF growth (QoQ)	404.97%
FCF growth 3Y	-3.59%
Gross profit growth	1.14%
Gross profit growth (Q)	4.61%
Gross profit growth 3Y	6.37%
Gross profit growth 5Y	13.73%
Net income growth	56.64%
Net income growth (Q)	168.26%
Net income growth (QoQ)	335.11%
Net income growth 3Y	18.54%
Net income growth 5Y	25.14%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	25.4%
OCF growth (Q)	240.04%
OCF growth (QoQ)	361.05%
OCF growth 3Y	-6.01%
OCF growth 5Y	78.63%
Operating income growth	-13.25%
Operating income growth (Q)	-27.02%
Operating income growth 3Y	-4.75%
Operating income growth 5Y	13.5%
Revenue growth	11.62%
Revenue growth (Q)	9.93%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	16.55%
Revenue growth 3Y	6.61%
Revenue growth 5Y	9.26%
Revenue growth quarters	9
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-5.5M
Depreciation and amortization	$11M
EBIT	$37.2M
EBITDA	$48.2M
EPS	$2.50
FCF per share	$2.57
Financing cash flow	$-54.8M
Free cash flow	$51.2M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$49.9M
Gross profit	$175.2M
Income taxes	$16.4M
Investing cash flow	$6M
Net borrowing	$-13.4M
Net cash flow	$7.9M
Net income	$50.2M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$55.5M
Operating income	$37.2M
Revenue	$493.4M
Stock-based compensation	$1.2M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	4.9
Book value per share	$8.36
Debt / EBITDA	1.11
Debt / equity	0.42
Debt / FCF	1.42
Goodwill	$3.5M
Interest coverage	20
Long-term assets	$117.5M
Long-term liabilities	$54M
Net cash (debt)	$-18.6M
Net cash / market cap	-1.72%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.39
Net debt / equity	0.11
Net debt / FCF	0.36
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$112.2M
Shareholders' equity	$174.3M
Tangible book value	$162.7M
Tangible book value per share	$8.17
Total assets	$316.8M
Total cash	$54.1M
Total debt	$72.7M
Total liabilities	$142.5M
WACC	8.04%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.55
Current assets	$199.3M
Current liabilities	$88.6M
Current ratio	2.25
Inventory turnover	3.58
Net working capital	$81M
Quick ratio	1.17
Working capital	$110.8M
Working capital turnover	4.34

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.23%
Dividend growth	4%
Dividend growth (3Y)	14.89%
Dividend growth years	3
Dividend payment date	2026-08-28
Dividend payment years	5
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.88
Dividend yield	3.52%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-21
FCF payout ratio	73.23%
Last dividend	$0.47
Payout ratio	75.27%
Shareholder yield	3.68%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	$38.87
1D price change	-2.2%
1M price change	0.21%
1M total return	0.21%
1W price change	-1.39%
1W total return	-1.39%
1Y price change	113.14%
1Y return CAGR	127.72%
1Y total return	127.59%
20-day SMA	$53.90
200-day SMA	$35.45
3M price change	29.92%
3M total return	31.21%
3Y price change	162.33%
3Y return CAGR	46.35%
3Y total return	213.53%
50-day SMA	$51.30
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$56.06
52-week high date	2026-10-12
52-week low	$20.61
52-week low date	2025-11-21
5Y price change	160.4%
5Y return CAGR	27.22%
5Y total return	233.19%
6M price change	81.76%
6M total return	86.61%
All-time high	$56.06
All-time high date	2026-10-12
All-time low	$12.50
All-time low date	2022-12-16
Average true range (ATR)	$1.56
Average volume	160K
Beta (1Y)	0.56
Beta (2Y)	0.92
Beta (5Y)	0.76
Change from 52-week high	-4.98%
Change from 52-week low	158.47%
Change from all-time high	-5.1%
Change from all-time low	325.6%
Change from open	-1.99%
Day's gap	-0.22%
Dollar volume	$5M
High price	$54.35
Low price	$53.20
Monthly RSI	80.06
Open price	$54.35
Position in 52-week range	6.09%
Premarket change	0.46%
Premarket close	$54.47
Premarket price	$54.72
Previous close	$54.47
Price vs 150-day SMA	36.88%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-1.29%
Price vs 200-day SMA	50.05%
Price vs 50-day SMA	3.71%
Relative volume	0.58
Return from IPO open	191.69%
Return from IPO price	239.09%
RSI	51.52
Sharpe ratio	2.24
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	1.06
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.64
Sortino ratio	4.44
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.73
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.04
Volume	93.5K
Weekly RSI	78.8
YTD price change	135.71%
YTD total return	146.31%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	8.5M
Float percentage	42.62%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.17%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.23%
Shares held by insiders	57.38%
Shares held by institutions	37.12%
Shares outstanding	19.9M
Short % of float	6.98%
Short % of shares	2.97%
Short ratio	3.5 days

Deeper analysis on KRT

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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