secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)
CIK:        0001758021
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-038881
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Karat Packaging Q2 record net sales $124.0M, net income $11.1M; guides Q3 high-single to low-double-digit growth
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- Net sales $124.0M (+10.1% YoY); net income $11.1M (+19.8% YoY); diluted EPS $0.54 vs $0.45.
- Gross margin expanded to 39.6% from 38.5%; adjusted EBITDA $17.7M (+12.8%).
- Q3 guidance: net sales high single-digit to low double-digit growth; gross margin low-to-mid 30s.
- Declared Q3 dividend $0.45 per share, payable Aug 27 to record Aug 20.
- Reduced China sourcing to 10% in Q2; new Chino warehouse operational.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828025038881/0001628280-25-038881-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000162828025038881/krt-20250807.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-038881

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