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accession: "0001628280-25-012597"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRT"
cik: "0001758021"
company_name: "Karat Packaging Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T21:29:13.243828+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Karat Packaging Q4 net sales up 6.3% to $101.6M; gross margin expands to 39.2%; issues 2025 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $101.6M (+6.3% YoY); gross profit $39.8M (+16.8%); net income $5.9M (+40.3%); adjusted EBITDA $11.3M.
- Full year 2024 net sales $422.6M (+4.2%); net income attributable $30.0M ($1.49/sh) vs $32.5M ($1.63) prior year.
- Q1 2025 guidance: net sales +6-8%; gross margin 37-39%; adjusted EBITDA margin 9-11%. Full year 2025 sales +9-11%.
- China sourcing reduced to ~20% of imports; Taiwan >50%; pricing increases in March/April to offset tariffs.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.45/share paid on Feb 28, 2025, to shareholders of record Feb 24.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-012597
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRT
- cik: 0001758021
- company_name: Karat Packaging Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828025012597/0001628280-25-012597-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828025012597/krt-20250313.htm

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