---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001758021-26-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRT"
cik: "0001758021"
company_name: "Karat Packaging Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T13:41:52.800655+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Karat Q4 sales hit record $115.6M (+13.7%); EPS $0.34 vs $0.28; guides Q1 higher

## Summary
- Record Q4 net sales $115.6M (+13.7% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.34 vs $0.28; net income $7.2M (+22.8%).
- Gross margin compressed to 34.0% from 39.2% due to $8.4M tariff/duty cost increase.
- Q1 2026 guidance: net sales +8-10%, gross margin 34-36%, adj EBITDA margin 9-11%.
- Full-year 2026 outlook: low double-digit sales growth, margins expected to improve under current tariff policy.
- Share repurchase program continues: $12.0M remaining; $0.45 quarterly dividend declared.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001758021-26-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRT
- cik: 0001758021
- company_name: Karat Packaging Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-12T23:59:59+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/1758021/000175802126000008/0001758021-26-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000175802126000008/krt-20260312.htm

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