secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)
CIK:        0001758021
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-23-008295
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Karat Q4 net income $4.5M, down from $6.0M; full-year net sales $423M (+16.1%)
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- Q4 net sales $92.7M (+1.5% YoY); gross margin 32.0% (+100 bps) despite $1.7M inventory write-off.
- Full-year 2022 net income $25.8M vs $22.4M (incl. $5M debt forgiveness); adjusted EBITDA $45.6M.
- 2023 outlook: net sales expected high single-digit growth; gross margin target 32%-33%.
- Adding warehouses in Chicago and Houston; scaling back CA manufacturing; expanding sales team ~35%.
- Eco-friendly product sales in Q4 up 24% YoY; new chain contracts expected to benefit H2 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828023008295/0001628280-23-008295-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828023008295/krt-20230316.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-008295

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