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Karat Packaging (KRT) Competitors

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$29.03 +0.17 (+0.59%)
As of 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

KRT vs. SWIM, LWLG, DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, FORD, NCL, AZEK, NWL, and UFPT

Should you be buying Karat Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Karat Packaging include Latham Group (SWIM), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Deswell Industries (DSWL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Forward Industries (FORD), Northann (NCL), AZEK (AZEK), Newell Brands (NWL), and UFP Technologies (UFPT).

Karat Packaging vs. Its Competitors

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) and Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) are both small-cap rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Karat Packaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Latham Group. Latham Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karat Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Karat Packaging$422.63M1.38$29.98M$1.5019.35
Latham Group$508.52M1.54-$17.86M-$0.14-48.14

Karat Packaging has a net margin of 7.02% compared to Latham Group's net margin of -3.13%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 19.47% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Karat Packaging7.02% 19.47% 10.33%
Latham Group -3.13%-4.01%-1.93%

In the previous week, Karat Packaging had 4 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Karat Packaging and 1 mentions for Latham Group. Karat Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Latham Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Karat Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Karat Packaging
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Latham Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Karat Packaging has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Karat Packaging presently has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.40%. Latham Group has a consensus price target of $7.56, indicating a potential upside of 12.17%. Given Karat Packaging's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Karat Packaging is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Karat Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Latham Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.1% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Latham Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Karat Packaging beats Latham Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KRT vs. The Competition

MetricKarat PackagingCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$579.41M$7.47B$7.49B$8.95B
Dividend Yield6.24%3.30%4.54%4.04%
P/E Ratio19.3518.0024.8220.11
Price / Sales1.381.49114.47119.81
Price / Cash11.259.9527.3157.86
Price / Book3.583.544.365.56
Net Income$29.98M$370.95M$790.28M$248.40M
7 Day Performance0.14%-0.60%1.52%4.67%
1 Month Performance-7.31%1.94%4.60%6.64%
1 Year Performance7.52%2.78%31.97%21.31%

Karat Packaging Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KRT
Karat Packaging
3.8441 of 5 stars
$29.03
+0.6%
$33.50
+15.4%
+6.5%$579.41M$422.63M19.35680Positive News
SWIM
Latham Group
1.125 of 5 stars
$6.62
-5.8%
$7.56
+14.2%
+146.0%$818.06M$508.52M-47.281,817
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0031 of 5 stars
$1.25
-6.7%
N/A-59.1%$167.55M$100K-6.9420Gap Up
DSWL
Deswell Industries
0.8868 of 5 stars
$2.75
-2.1%
N/A+12.7%$44.78M$67.61M0.00990
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.04
+0.3%
N/A+615.7%$24.69MN/A0.002News Coverage
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.83
+13.7%
N/A-34.5%$19.09M$17.95M-13.8070Positive News
Gap Up
FORD
Forward Industries
0.2373 of 5 stars
$7.70
-1.8%
N/A+123.4%$8.83M$30.19M0.00100Gap Up
NCL
Northann
0.3287 of 5 stars
$0.17
+5.7%
N/A-21.5%$5.96M$15.35M-0.8773
AZEK
AZEK
3.0306 of 5 stars
$54.35
flat
$53.93
-0.8%
N/A$7.82B$1.52B53.282,180
NWL
Newell Brands
4.9379 of 5 stars
$5.72
-2.1%
$7.53
+31.6%
-7.1%$2.44B$7.58B-9.6923,700News Coverage
Positive News
UFPT
UFP Technologies
0.6081 of 5 stars
$241.07
-3.4%
$252.00
+4.5%
-18.7%$1.92B$504.42M29.514,335

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This page (NASDAQ:KRT) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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