← BackKarat Packaging Inc. · Plastics Products, NECKRT
Low riskNext report: Around Nov 5 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Raised its dividend (3.3% yield)
- Profitable
- Sales up 11% last year
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 11% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (92 bought, 49 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$54.33+2.5% that day
- Company value
- $1.1B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 21.7x
- You pay about $22 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 2.2x
- Company value is 2.2 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 3.3%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 4%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 1%
- Debt as a share of company value
From KRT's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$136.3M+9.9% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $493.4M, up 12% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 9.6% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.20.6%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.09x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.6.7%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 6 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$33.1M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+1.3% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.36.8%
- Revenue
- $467.7M
- +10.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +9.6%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $12.9M
- 0.09x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.30x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- Revenue
- $136.3M
- +9.9% YoY
- EPS
- $1.46
- vs $0.54
- Op. margin
- 27.6%
- +14.3 pts
- Gross margin
- 56.6%
- +17.0 pts
- Free cash flow
- $33.1M
- Share count
- -0.4%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.6
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+10.9%Institutions added 10.9% to their holdings. 92 bought, 49 sold. 3 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions7.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+0.1%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.2x · $34.6M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
20MNext reportAround Nov 5 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 6
- Results filedMay 7
- Results filedMar 12
- Results filedNov 6, 2025
- Results filedAug 7, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
SoldMarvin ChengVP-Manufacturing, Secy, 10% owner
6,000 shares at $48.42 avg ($48.38 to $48.50) · $291K
- -0% of holdings
- Now owns 5,249,272 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 2 transactions
- Filed same day
SoldMarvin ChengVP-Manufacturing, Secy, 10% owner
2,000 shares at $47.75 · $96K
- -0% of holdings
- Now owns 5,255,272 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
SoldMarvin ChengVP-Manufacturing, Secy, 10% owner
4,500 shares at $47.33 · $213K
- -60% of holdings
- Now owns 3,000 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Held by Spouse
- Filed 1 day after trade
Option exerciseJian GuoChief Financial Officer, Director
4,700 shares at $16.53 · $78K
- +13% of holdings
- Now owns 41,029 shares
- Exercise price $16.53
- Filed 1 day after trade
Shares withheld for taxesDaniel QuireChief Revenue Officer
2,065 shares at $26.28 · $54K
- -8% of holdings
- Now owns 23,631 shares
- Filed same day
Shares withheld for taxesAlan YuChief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
2,124 shares at $26.28 · $56K
- -0% of holdings
- Now owns 6,097,181 shares
- Filed same day