Foodservice packaging supplier Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
Karat Packaging met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $124.5 million, up 10.4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Karat Packaging’s revenue to grow 12.1% year on year, improving from the 6.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Karat Packaging has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Karat Packaging’s peers in the specialty equipment distributors segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Custom Truck One Source delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.4%, missing analysts’ expectations by 9.1%, and SiteOne reported revenues up 3.2%, falling short of estimates by 0.9%. SiteOne traded up 7% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Custom Truck One Source’s results here and SiteOne’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the specialty equipment distributors stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8% on average over the last month. Karat Packaging is down 14.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $28.50 (compared to the current share price of $22.25).
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