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KRT vs. SWIM, LWLG, DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, NCL, FORD, 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), Northann (NCL), Forward Industries (FORD), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$422.63M1.33$29.98M$1.5018.65
Latham Group$508.52M1.48-$17.86M-$0.14-46.07

In the previous week, Latham Group had 1 more articles in the media than Karat Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Latham Group and 2 mentions for Karat Packaging. Latham Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Karat Packaging's score of 0.38 indicating that Latham Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Karat Packaging
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Latham Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 presently has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.73%. Latham Group has a consensus price target of $7.56, indicating a potential upside of 17.21%. Given Karat Packaging's higher possible 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

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

Summary

Karat Packaging and Latham Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KRT vs. The Competition

MetricKarat PackagingCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$567.16M$7.46B$7.64B$9.41B
Dividend Yield6.37%3.35%4.55%4.03%
P/E Ratio18.6515.9724.5520.09
Price / Sales1.331.45104.1799.01
Price / Cash11.019.8127.7358.27
Price / Book3.453.464.435.65
Net Income$29.98M$370.95M$797.00M$257.91M
7 Day Performance-2.34%-2.03%0.93%2.09%
1 Month Performance4.72%3.25%6.28%11.13%
1 Year Performance-5.18%-6.90%30.24%18.40%

Karat Packaging Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KRT
Karat Packaging
3.1957 of 5 stars
$27.98
-1.0%
$33.50
+19.7%
-5.6%$567.16M$422.63M18.65680
SWIM
Latham Group
1.4155 of 5 stars
$6.55
-0.6%
$7.56
+15.4%
+87.8%$762.21M$509.31M-46.781,817News Coverage
Positive News
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.113 of 5 stars
$1.47
+7.3%
N/A-53.5%$183.81M$100K-8.1720Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DSWL
Deswell Industries
2.5748 of 5 stars
$2.75
-1.1%
N/A+13.9%$43.82M$67.61M0.00990Positive News
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.04
+6.7%
N/A+920.8%$28.22MN/A0.002
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
0.6673 of 5 stars
$0.74
-2.6%
N/A-30.3%$19.41M$17.95M-12.3470Positive News
NCL
Northann
0.303 of 5 stars
$0.18
-0.4%
N/A-31.3%$17.02M$15.35M-0.8973
FORD
Forward Industries
0.289 of 5 stars
$8.76
+8.4%
N/A+107.2%$9.86M$27.73M0.00100Positive News
AZEK
AZEK
1.6457 of 5 stars
$54.35
flat
$53.93
-0.8%
N/A$7.82B$1.52B53.282,180
NWL
Newell Brands
4.9117 of 5 stars
$5.64
-2.9%
$7.64
+35.4%
-16.3%$2.36B$7.58B-9.5623,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
UFPT
UFP Technologies
1.4894 of 5 stars
$245.60
+1.3%
$252.00
+2.6%
-26.8%$1.89B$547.56M30.064,335News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KRT) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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