KRT

Karat Packaging Inc.
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Consumer Cyclical DELAYED
Last price
53.80
▲ 0.42 (0.79%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
53.31
Prev close
53.38
Day high
54.59
Day low
53.12
Volume
162.98K
Market cap
$1.07B
P/E (TTM)
21.52
52W range
20.61 – 55.36

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
-0.13%
Prior close 53.38
VWAP
54.05
-0.45% from price
Relative volume
0.87×
Normal
Session range
2.77%
53.12 – 54.59
Position in range
46%
Mid range
ATR (14D)
1.69
3.15% of price
Prior day high
53.67
PDH
Prior day low
52.11
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
135.20K
Avg 156.12K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+0.81% -0.5%
1M
+14.79% +13.3%
3M
+57.40% +54.9%
6M
+80.42% +66.6%
YTD
+138.37% +124.9%
1Y
+132.90% +117.2%
3Y
+151.75% +68.2%
5Y
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Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
+19.20K
Net buying
Buy transactions
7
31.70K shares
Sell transactions
3
12.50K shares
Net transactions
+10
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.4 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
11.57M
Total on file
Bought 31.70KSold 12.50K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 8, 26
CHENG MARVIN
Officer and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 6.00K $290.50K Direct
Sep 1, 26
CHENG MARVIN
Officer and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 2.00K $95.50K Direct
Aug 20, 26
CHENG MARVIN
Officer and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 4.50K $212.99K Indirect
Aug 13, 26
GUO JIAN
Chief Financial Officer
CONVERSION 4.70K $77.69K Direct
May 12, 26
YU ALAN
Chief Executive Officer
— 8.00K — Direct
May 12, 26
GUO JIAN
Chief Financial Officer
— 8.00K — Direct
May 12, 26
QUIRE DANIEL
Officer
— 8.00K — Direct
May 7, 26
YEN EVE
Director
— 1.00K — Direct
May 7, 26
CHEN ERIC K
Director
— 1.00K — Direct
May 7, 26
CHEN PAUL Y
Director
— 1.00K — Direct
Nov 12, 25
GUO JIAN
Chief Financial Officer
BUY 1.36K $30.09K Direct
Aug 15, 25
GUO JIAN
Chief Financial Officer
CONVERSION 2.45K $40.50K Direct
Jun 27, 25
CHENG MARVIN
Officer and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 112.50K $3.04M Direct
Jun 27, 25
YU ALAN
Chief Executive Officer
SELL 112.50K $3.04M Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

7 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
CHEN ERIC K
Director 7.00K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
CHEN PAUL Y
Director 7.00K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
CHENG MARVIN
Officer and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security 5.25M Sale
GUO JIAN
Chief Financial Officer 41.53K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
QUIRE DANIEL
Officer 25.70K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
YEN EVE
Director 8.00K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
YU ALAN
Chief Executive Officer 6.10M Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$1.07B
Enterprise value$1.09B
Revenue (TTM)$493.38M
Gross profit$175.16M
EBITDA$48.18M
Net income$50.21M
EPS (TTM)$2.50
Free cash flow$31.30M
Total cash$54.14M
Total debt$72.72M
Book value / share$8.36
Shares outstanding19.93M
Float8.50M
Short % of float5.21%
Dividend yield3.52%
Beta (5Y)0.76

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E21.52
Forward P/E23.09
PEG ratio—
Price / sales—
Price / book6.44
EV / revenue2.21
EV / EBITDA22.63
Gross margin35.50%
Operating margin8.71%
Profit margin10.18%
Return on equity30.62%
Return on assets7.29%
Debt / equity41.72
Current ratio2.25
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $467.74M$422.63M$405.65M$422.96M +10.7%
Operating revenue $467.74M$422.63M$405.65M$422.96M +10.7%
Cost of revenue $295.61M$258.30M$252.61M$290.87M +14.4%
Gross profit $172.14M$164.33M$153.04M$132.09M +4.8%
Selling, general & admin $126.62M$119.55M$104.46M$102.10M +5.9%
Total operating expense $131.22M$123.82M$108.44M$102.10M +6.0%
Operating income $40.92M$40.51M$44.60M$29.98M +1.0%
Net interest income $155.00K$176.00K-$240.00K$209.00K -11.9%
Pre-tax income $43.02M$40.70M$42.98M$32.51M +5.7%
Tax provision $10.36M$9.87M$9.80M$6.68M +4.9%
Net income $31.48M$29.98M$32.47M$23.65M +5.0%
Net income to common $31.48M$29.98M$32.47M$23.65M +5.0%
Basic EPS 1.571.501.631.19 +4.7%
Diluted EPS 1.561.491.631.19 +4.7%
EBIT $45.08M$42.82M$45.03M$34.53M +5.3%
EBITDA $49.67M$47.08M$60.78M$48.76M +5.5%
Basic shares 20.06M20.00M19.90M19.82M +0.3%
Diluted shares 20.18M20.12M19.98M19.93M +0.3%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
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Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
—
—
ATM implied vol
—
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
—
—
Call volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
—
—
Heaviest put OI
—
—

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.511.48 +190.2%
Mar 2026 0.320.34 +6.3%
Dec 2025 0.280.34 +21.4%
Sep 2025 0.390.37 -5.1%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.46 1 $140.33M +12.7%
Next quarter 0.43 1 $131.41M +13.7%
Current year 2.72 1 $524.91M +12.2%
Next year 2.33 1 $569.39M +8.5%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$46.50
High target$60.00
Low target$33.00
Implied upside-13.57%
Analyst count2
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy0 / 2
Hold0
Sell / Strong sell0 / 1
Held by insiders58.06%
Held by institutions37.98%
Institutions holding205
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
53.51
+0.55% from price
SMA 20
52.02
+3.41% from price
SMA 50
48.85
+10.14% from price
SMA 100
40.47
+32.92% from price
SMA 200
33.31
+61.54% from price
EMA 12
53.10
+1.32% from price
EMA 26
51.39
+4.69% from price
EMA 50
48.26
+11.48% from price
RSI (14)
64.8
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
1.71
Hist -0.09
ATR (14)
1.69
3.15% of price
Realised vol 30D
27.3%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
56.22
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
47.83
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
48.85 vs 33.31
Trend bias
Above 200
+61.54%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 53.80
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.59
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.20
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
27.3%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-17.4%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-46.9%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.69
3.15% of price
Beta (reported)
0.76
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
436.27K
Prior 230.27K
Change vs prior
+89.5%
Shorts adding
% of float
5.21%
Normal
% of shares out
2.19%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
3.4
Liquid
Float
8.50M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

17 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 7, 26 Lake Street MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 14, 26 B of A Securities MAINTAINED Underperform Underperform
Jun 4, 26 William Blair UPGRADE Market Perform Outperform
May 8, 26 Lake Street MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Nov 17, 25 B of A Securities DOWNGRADE Buy Underperform
Aug 13, 25 B of A Securities INITIATED — Neutral
May 12, 25 Truist Securities MAINTAINED Hold Hold
Jan 2, 25 William Blair DOWNGRADE Outperform Market Perform
Dec 11, 24 Stifel MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Aug 9, 24 Truist Securities DOWNGRADE Buy Hold
Mar 15, 24 Truist Securities MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Mar 15, 24 Stifel MAINTAINED Buy Buy

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$1.88 / yr
Forward yield3.52%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio72.00%
Ex-dividend dateAug 21, 2026
Next pay dateAug 28, 2026
Last split—
Split date—

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