Karat Packaging (KRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Karat Packaging, Inc. is a global packaging solutions provider specializing in the design, manufacture and sale of automatic packaging machinery, custom packaging materials and high–precision forming, filling and closing systems. The company’s product portfolio features stickpack machines, pouch and sachet equipment, sustainable paperboard and film packaging, as well as advanced printing and finishing capabilities. Karat Packaging serves a broad range of end-markets, including food and beverage, confectionery, dairy, nutraceuticals and personal care, offering turnkey solutions that span from concept development to full production deployment.

Founded in the mid-20th century, Karat Packaging has expanded its footprint through a combination of organic innovation and selective acquisitions. Over the decades, the company introduced pioneering stickpack technology, became an early adopter of high-speed vertical form-fill-seal machinery and bolstered its materials expertise through strategic mergers. Today, Karat Packaging’s lineage includes several previously independent specialty packaging firms, each contributing unique capabilities in film extrusion, paperboard converting and multi-layer lamination.

Headquartered in the United States, Karat Packaging operates a network of manufacturing facilities and sales offices across North America, Europe and Latin America, with additional service centers in Asia. This global presence enables the company to support both regional customers and multinational branded companies, delivering localized manufacturing alongside centralized engineering and technical support. Karat Packaging emphasizes rapid service response, regulatory compliance and supply-chain resilience, ensuring consistent quality and uptime for its clients’ production lines.

The company is guided by an experienced executive management team with deep backgrounds in packaging technology, automation and global operations. Under their leadership, Karat Packaging continues to invest in research and development, sustainable materials and digital integration, positioning itself to meet evolving consumer preferences for recyclable solutions and connected manufacturing. Strategic priorities include expanding after-sales service capabilities, forging partnerships for eco-friendly substrates and pursuing bolt-on acquisitions to enhance the company’s regional reach and product breadth.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $28.91 to $29.85
• 50-Day Range: $26.26 to $32.43
• 52-Week Range: $23.00 to $33.89
• Volume: 46,164 shs
• Average Volume: 49,302 shs
• Market Capitalization: $587.94 million
• P/E Ratio: 19.52
• Dividend Yield: 6.15%
• Price Target: $33.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Karat Packaging Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Karat Packaging scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 66th out of 182 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Karat Packaging has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Karat Packaging has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.43%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Karat Packaging are expected to grow by 8.43% in the coming year, from $1.66 to $1.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Karat Packaging is 19.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.93.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Karat Packaging is 19.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.93.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Karat Packaging has a P/B Ratio of 3.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.01% of the float of Karat Packaging has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Karat Packaging has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Karat Packaging has recently decreased by 19.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Karat Packaging is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.20%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Karat Packaging has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Karat Packaging is 120.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Karat Packaging will have a dividend payout ratio of 100.00% in the coming year. This indicates that Karat Packaging may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.01% of the float of Karat Packaging has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Karat Packaging has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Karat Packaging has recently decreased by 19.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.63

News Sentiment

Karat Packaging has a news sentiment score of 0.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Karat Packaging this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for KRT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Karat Packaging insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $23,287,500.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

66.20% of the stock of Karat Packaging is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 25.20% of the stock of Karat Packaging is held by institutions.

KRT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have KRT shares performed this year?

Karat Packaging's stock was trading at $30.26 at the start of the year. Since then, KRT shares have decreased by 3.2% and is now trading at $29.28.

How were Karat Packaging's earnings last quarter?

Karat Packaging Inc. (NASDAQ:KRT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, March, 13th. The company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $101.65 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $102.27 million. Karat Packaging had a net margin of 7.02% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.47%.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Karat Packaging IPO?

Karat Packaging (KRT) raised $76 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, April 15th 2021. The company issued 4,000,000 shares at $18.00-$20.00 per share. Stifel, William Blair, Truist Securities, National Securities Corp. and D.A. Davidson & Co. ​ acted as the underwriters for the IPO.

Who are Karat Packaging's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Karat Packaging include Kings Path Partners LLC (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Marvin Cheng, Alan Yu, Joanne Tzu Jung Wang, Daniel Quire and Jian Guo.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Karat Packaging?

Shares of KRT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Karat Packaging own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Karat Packaging investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Adobe (ADBE) and Jabil (JBL).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/13/2025
• Record date for 5/23 Dividend: 5/16/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/23 Dividend: 5/16/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/23/2025
• Today: 7/09/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: CONTNRS - PPR/PLS
• Sub-Industry: Rubber And Plastic Products
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:KRT
• CIK: 1758021
• Web: www.karatpackaging.com
• Phone: 626-965-8882
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 680
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Karat Packaging: $33.50
• High Price Target: $36.00
• Low Price Target: $31.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.64
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $29.98 million
• Net Margins: 7.02%
• Pretax Margin: 9.56%
• Return on Equity: 19.47%
• Return on Assets: 10.33%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.29
• Current Ratio: 2.86
• Quick Ratio: 1.53

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $422.63 million
• Price / Sales: 1.39
• Cash Flow: $2.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.25
• Book Value: $8.10 per share
• Price / Book: 3.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 20,080,000
• Free Float: 6,806,000
• Market Cap: $587.94 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.12