Karat Packaging (KRT) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, KRT or SWIM?

Karat Packaging has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KRT or SWIM?

Karat Packaging presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.26%. Latham Group has a consensus price target of $6.65, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Given Latham Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Latham Group is more favorable than Karat Packaging.

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	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KRT or SWIM?

25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. 66.1% of Karat Packaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Latham Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KRT or SWIM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Karat Packaging	$416.57M	1.49	$32.47M	$1.40	22.14
Latham Group	$566.49M	1.30	-$2.39M	$0.09	70.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KRT or SWIM?

Latham Group received 19 more outperform votes than Karat Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.61% of users gave Karat Packaging an outperform vote while only 40.63% of users gave Latham Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Karat Packaging	Outperform Votes 20 60.61%	Underperform Votes 13 39.39%
Latham Group	Outperform Votes 39 40.63%	Underperform Votes 57 59.38%

Is KRT or SWIM more profitable?

Karat Packaging has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Latham Group's net margin of 2.23%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 19.84% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Karat Packaging	6.78%	19.84%	11.01%
Latham Group	2.23%	2.83%	1.37%

Does the media prefer KRT or SWIM?

In the previous week, Karat Packaging had 1 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Karat Packaging and 1 mentions for Latham Group. Karat Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.67 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 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

Summary

Karat Packaging beats Latham Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.