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$29.09 +0.10 (+0.34%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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KRT vs. SWIM, LWLG, DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, FORD, NCL, AZEK, NWL, and UFPT

Should you be buying Karat Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Karat Packaging include Latham Group (SWIM), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Deswell Industries (DSWL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Forward Industries (FORD), Northann (NCL), AZEK (AZEK), Newell Brands (NWL), and UFP Technologies (UFPT).

Karat Packaging vs. Its Competitors

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) and Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) are both small-cap rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Karat Packaging has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Karat Packaging has a net margin of 7.02% compared to Latham Group's net margin of -3.13%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 19.47% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Karat Packaging7.02% 19.47% 10.33%
Latham Group -3.13%-4.01%-1.93%

Karat Packaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Latham Group. Latham Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karat Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Karat Packaging$422.63M1.38$29.98M$1.5019.39
Latham Group$508.52M1.61-$17.86M-$0.14-50.18

Karat Packaging currently has a consensus target price of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.16%. Latham Group has a consensus target price of $7.56, suggesting a potential upside of 7.62%. Given Karat Packaging's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Karat Packaging is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Karat Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Latham Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.1% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Latham Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Karat Packaging had 7 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Karat Packaging and 0 mentions for Latham Group. Karat Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Latham Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Karat Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Karat Packaging Positive
Latham Group Neutral

Summary

Karat Packaging beats Latham Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KRT vs. The Competition

MetricKarat PackagingCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$584.83M$7.55B$7.53B$9.05B
Dividend Yield6.18%3.27%4.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio19.3918.1925.0120.23
Price / Sales1.381.51118.75119.26
Price / Cash11.3510.0926.6528.59
Price / Book3.593.584.365.65
Net Income$29.98M$370.95M$791.63M$249.15M
7 Day Performance5.32%4.59%2.17%3.28%
1 Month Performance-6.83%2.93%5.03%3.95%
1 Year Performance6.83%3.49%31.99%20.98%

Karat Packaging Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KRT
Karat Packaging
3.8679 of 5 stars
$29.09
+0.3%
$33.50
+15.2%
+6.8%$584.83M$422.63M19.39680News Coverage
Insider Trade
SWIM
Latham Group
0.6048 of 5 stars
$6.38
-3.0%
$7.56
+18.5%
+156.4%$765.70M$508.52M-45.571,817
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0023 of 5 stars
$1.24
+2.5%
N/A-55.6%$151.30M$100K-6.8920News Coverage
DSWL
Deswell Industries
0.8944 of 5 stars
$2.66
+7.3%
N/A+11.5%$39.52M$67.61M0.00990Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.03
-5.9%
N/A+584.3%$22.57MN/A0.002Gap Down
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.85
+8.5%
N/A-35.9%$20.52M$17.95M-14.1570Positive News
Gap Up
FORD
Forward Industries
0.2343 of 5 stars
$5.84
-3.6%
N/A+121.7%$6.82M$30.19M0.00100Gap Up
NCL
Northann
0.3997 of 5 stars
$0.16
-7.6%
N/A-27.9%$5.50M$15.58M-0.8073News Coverage
AZEK
AZEK
3.1749 of 5 stars
$54.27
-1.1%
$53.93
-0.6%
N/A$7.89B$1.44B53.212,236News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NWL
Newell Brands
4.9344 of 5 stars
$5.40
-0.7%
$7.53
+39.4%
-2.1%$2.27B$7.58B-9.1523,700
UFPT
UFP Technologies
0.3156 of 5 stars
$244.16
-0.2%
$252.00
+3.2%
-12.4%$1.89B$504.42M29.884,335

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This page (NASDAQ:KRT) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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