Investing In Karat Packaging Inc (NASDAQ: KRT): Why Should You?

Ginger Lewis

After Hours

The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours.

Stocks Info

The company is listed on the NASDAQ and operates within the Packaging & Containers industry segment. The current market capitalization of Karat Packaging Inc is $501.48M. A total of 67376.0 shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 112.69K shares.

In the most recent transaction, Guo Jian bought 1,361 shares of KRT for 22.11 per share on Nov 12 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Financial Officer now owns 31,062 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jun 27 ’25, Yu Alan sold 112,500 shares at 27.00 per share. KRT shares that Chief Executive Officer owns now total 6,091,305.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Cheng Marvin disposed of 112,500 shares on Jun 27 ’25 at a per-share price of $27.00. This resulted in the VP-Manufacturing, Secy holding 5,257,272 shares of KRT after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Cheng Marvin sold 750,000 shares at $27.00 per share on Jun 12 ’25. Company shares held by the VP-Manufacturing, Secy now total 5,369,772.

Dividend

The dividend paying company demonstrates a positive outlook for investors and helps them generate immediate cash. Karat Packaging Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.80, resulting in a dividend yield of 7.21%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.64.

It has been observed that price targets are rarely accurate, but they can exert some influence from time to time, and are often accepted as valuable in the market. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, KRT has a high of $33.89 and a low of $20.61.

As of this writing, KRT has an earnings estimate of $0.28 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 1.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.28 per share and a lower estimate of $0.28. The company reported an EPS of $0.29 in the last quarter

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An equity investor’s investment can be viewed on a balance sheet by looking at what assets and liabilities the company has. Investors can determine the company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. KRT’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $6.48M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $36.52M in debt and $30.76M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $7.69, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $132.03M.

Analysts Opinion

There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock.

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