profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Karat Packaging
$33.45-5.29% today
+49.8% in 1 year
1-year low $21.061-year high $54.68
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $21.26 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Karat Packaging sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $423 million in 2022 to $468 million in 2025, with $31.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Karat Packaging handed back 10% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $3M
Free cash flow 2025$29M
Bought back its own shares$3M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$38M vs. $44M
Karat Packaging vs. similar companies
Karat Packaging grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karat Packaging | 21.3× · Fair price | ||
 Packaging Corporation of America | 28.9× · Fair price | ||
 Smurfit Westrock | 31.8× · Expensive | ||
 Amcor | 18.3× · Fair price | ||
 International Paper | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Karat Packaging's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | 406 | 423 | 468 | |
| 132 | 153 | 164 | 172 | |
| 30 | 45 | 41 | 41 | |
| 49 | 61 | 47 | 50 | |
| 24 | 32 | 30 | 31 | |
| 1.19 | 1.63 | 1.49 | 1.56 | |
| 31.2% | 37.7% | 38.9% | 36.8% | |
| 7.1% | 11.0% | 9.6% | 8.7% | |
| 5.6% | 8.0% | 7.1% | 6.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 252 | 276 | 295 | 288 |
| Cash | 16 | 23 | 32 | 38 |
| Total debt | 59 | 71 | 44 | 44 |
| Total liabilities | 100 | 114 | 295 | 288 |
| 142 | 154 | 156 | 153 | |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| 13.6% | 15.8% | 16.9% | 18.1% | |
| 16.7% | 21.1% | 19.2% | 20.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 53 | 48 | 34 | |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | 5 | |
| 15 | 44 | 44 | 29 | |
| Dividends paid | 7 | 21 | 31 | – |
| – | – | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Valuation
- 21.3×
- 17.6×
- 2.25
- 3.7×
- 1.4×
- 22.8×
- 13.6×
- 4.4%
- 4.7%
- 6.7%
Profitability
- 36.8%
- 8.7%
- 6.7%
- 11.5%
- 13.5%
- 13.3%
- 21.0%
- 11.3%
- 19.9%
- –
Growth
- +3.4%
- +9.4%
- −33.3%
- –
- +0.3%
Financial health
- 0.9×
- 0.52
- 27.1%
- 13.2×
- 2.29
- 1.15
- 1.70
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 22%of 982
Top 47%of 996
Bottom 43%of 860
Bottom 29%of 996
Bottom 47%of 982
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $24.00
- Range
- $24.00 – $24.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.34 | 0.32 | +6.3% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | 0.34 | 0.28 | +23.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.37 | 0.39 | −5.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.57 | 0.60 | −5.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.33 | 0.31 | +6.5% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | 0.29 | 0.43 | −32.6% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 0.47 | 0.52 | −9.6% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 0.49 | 0.60 | −18.3% |
6.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$67a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.35 in 2022 → $1.80 in 2025
How safe it looks
113.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 122.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
60Pass
Benjamin Graham
55No pass
Philip Fisher
53No pass
Peter Lynch
35No pass
Joel Greenblatt
38No pass
Charlie Munger
50No pass
Terry Smith
44No pass
Questions about Karat Packaging
Is Karat Packaging a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Karat Packaging AI analysis
What does Karat Packaging do?
Karat Packaging Inc. manufactures and distributes single-use disposable products in plastic, paper, biopolymer-based, and other compostable forms used in various restaurant and foodservice settings. It is in Packaging & Containers.
Does Karat Packaging pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.7% a year, about 113% of its yearly profit.
Is Karat Packaging stock halal?
Yes. Karat Packaging passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 7% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Karat Packaging stock done over the past year?
Up 49.8% over the past twelve months, to $33.45. It traded between $21.06 and $54.68 and is 38.8% below its high.
Who are Karat Packaging's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Packaging Corporation of America, Smurfit Westrock, Amcor and International Paper. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Karat Packaging's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.