---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-014084"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRT"
cik: "0001758021"
company_name: "Karat Packaging Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T18:56:40.267098+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Karat Packaging Q1 2022 revenue $105.4M (+39% YoY); net income doubles to $7.9M

## Summary
- Record quarterly net sales $105.4M, up 39.3% YoY; gross margin 32.5% (+390 bps).
- Net income $7.9M vs $3.1M; diluted EPS $0.34 vs $0.12; adjusted EPS $0.36.
- Adjusted EBITDA $13.0M (+90.3%); margin 12.3% (+330 bps).
- Q2 guidance: net sales $116M-$118M; FY2022 guidance $445M-$449M; gross margin 31-32%.
- Post-Q1: JV to build 180k sq ft Taiwan factory for compostable products; added 140k sq ft warehouse.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-014084
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRT
- cik: 0001758021
- company_name: Karat Packaging Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828022014084/0001628280-22-014084-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828022014084/krt-20220512.htm

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