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Karat Packaging Inc.

KRTNasdaq

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$467.7M$422.6M$405.7M$423.0M$364.2M$295.5M
Operating income$41.4M$37.8M$42.1M$30.0M$23.1M$27.7M
Net income$31.5M$30.0M$32.5M$23.6M$20.8M$17.5M
Total assets$287.7M$294.5M$276.4M$252.2M$207.6M$181.1M
Total liabilities$130.8M$132.3M$113.7M$100.2M$75.6M$141.2M
Equity$149.4M$155.6M$154.1M$141.7M$122.9M$32.4M
EPS (diluted)$1.56$1.49$1.63$1.19$1.12$1.13
Shares out.20.0M20.0M19.9M19.8M19.8M15.2M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
8.9%
Net margin
6.7%
Return on equity
21.1%
Return on assets
10.9%
Return on capital (ROCE)
19.0%
Liabilities / assets
45.5%
Debt / equity
0.88×
Book value / share
$7.46
Revenue growth (YoY)
10.7%
Net income growth (YoY)
5.0%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
4.94safe
Accruals / assets
0.8%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.18normal
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
87
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

7 good
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
0 acquisitions3 disposalsnet 6,922 shares · last 3
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Guo JianOfficer — Chief Financial OfficerMay 15, 2026Tax withholding2,733$26.28
Yu AlanOfficer — Chief Executive OfficerMay 15, 2026Tax withholding2,124$26.28
Quire DanielOfficer — Chief Revenue OfficerMay 15, 2026Tax withholding2,065$26.28

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 2026175,4031.9-4.0%
Apr 30, 2026182,6982.0+14.3%
Apr 15, 2026159,9172.4-11.2%
Mar 31, 2026179,9761.8+21.9%
Mar 13, 2026147,5931.9-30.1%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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  • 4May 15, 2026
  • 4May 15, 2026
  • 4May 15, 2026
  • 4May 14, 2026
  • 4May 14, 2026
  • 4May 14, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 10-QMay 8, 2026
  • 8-KMay 7, 2026
  • 8-KMay 6, 2026
  • ARSApr 24, 2026
  • DEF 14AApr 24, 2026
  • 8-KMar 17, 2026

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