---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001758021-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRT"
cik: "0001758021"
company_name: "Karat Packaging Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:06:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:07:52.514970+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Karat Packaging increases quarterly dividend to $0.47 per share, up 4.4%

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.47 per share from $0.45, a 4.4% increase.
- Dividend payable on or about August 28, 2026 to stockholders of record August 21, 2026.
- Board declared the increased dividend on August 4, 2026; press release issued August 5, 2026.
- Karat Packaging is a specialty distributor and manufacturer of disposable foodservice products.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001758021-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRT
- cik: 0001758021
- company_name: Karat Packaging Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:06:01+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000175802126000024/0001758021-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758021/000175802126000024/krt-20260804.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001758021-26-000024.txt

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