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Karat Packaging ranks top 4% on fundamentals and top 7% on price trend

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By StockLens

October 13, 2026

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A synthesis of StockLens's multi-domain algorithmic analysis.

82
Solid
KRT

Karat Packaging Inc.

Source as of October 13, 2026

Domain Read

Fundamental
87
Exceptional domain read
Technical
85
Exceptional domain read
Risk
86
Exceptional domain read
Sentiment
56
Mixed Signals domain read
Macro
86
Exceptional domain read

Key takeaways

  • Gross margin is 40.5% over the trailing twelve months.
  • Shares stand 63.5% above their 200-session average (adjusted closes through Oct 12, 2026).
  • Return on invested capital is 22.1% over the trailing twelve months.

Karat Packaging's overall StockLens score ranks in the top 1%, with strength in both fundamentals (top 4%) and price trend (top 7%). The ranks cover the 2,164 US-listed companies StockLens analyzed on Oct 13, 2026.

What StockLens measured

Fundamentals

Earnings per share grew 56.9% year over year. Net income per share grew 178.4% over 3 years.

Price trend

Shares are up 53.7% over the last 63 trading sessions. Shares stand within 0.3% of their 52-week closing high.

Context from the record

Dated company events from public sources, listed for reference.

On August 6, 2026, the company said net sales for the 2026 second quarter were $136.3 million.1

How StockLens scores: every company is scored by the same quantitative engine across five domains (Fundamental, Technical, Risk, Sentiment, Macro), combined into one composite and read through the archetype lens that fits its business model.

This is not investment advice; it is an algorithmically generated analysis produced by StockLens's quantitative and agentic AI models.

Sources

Scores and grades reflect StockLens's proprietary model, as of October 13, 2026.

  1. Earnings release (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1), August 6, 2026 · Karat Packaging Inc. · Published August 6, 2026↩
How StockLens reads Karat Packaging Inc.

Core Tension

Tempered factor

Current Ratio: Mitigated: Strong liquidity: Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities > 0.4

Tempered factor

Interest Coverage: Mitigated: Strong cash interest service: operating cash flow covers interest expense more than 2x with positive free cash flow

Tempered factor

Debt-to-Equity: Mitigated: Strong debt service capability: Interest Coverage Ratio > 3.0

Tempered factor

Equity Dilution: Mitigated: Justified dilution: Positive Free Cash Flow Growth AND Share Count Growth < 10%

Uncertainty

Sentiment carries lower confidence than the headline read.

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