secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)
CIK:        0001758021
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001758021-26-000019
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Karat Packaging Q1 2026 net sales $116.9M (+12.9% YoY), EPS $0.34; declares $0.45 dividend
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- Net sales $116.9M (+12.9% YoY), net income $7.1M (+4.8% YoY), diluted EPS $0.34.
- Gross margin 35.5% vs 39.3% YoY; import duty/tariff costs rose from $3.4M to $10.5M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $12.5M vs $11.9M; adjusted EBITDA margin 10.7% vs 11.5%.
- Q2 guidance: net sales +8-10% YoY, gross margin 35-37%; FY: sales low double-digits, gross margin 34-36%, EBITDA margin 11-13%.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.45/share declared, payable May 28 to holders of record May 21.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000175802126000019/0001758021-26-000019-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000175802126000019/krt-20260507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001758021-26-000019

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