Karat Packaging's (NASDAQ:KRT) Conservative Accounting Might Explain Soft Earnings [Yahoo! Finance]
Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)
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Our analysis suggests that while the profits are soft, the foundations of the business are strong. Check out our latest analysis for Karat Packaging Many investors haven't heard of the accrual ratio from cashflow , but it is actually a useful measure of how well a company's profit is backed up by free cash flow (FCF) during a given period. To get the accrual ratio we first subtract FCF from profit for a period, and then divide that number by the average operating assets for the period. This ratio tells us how much of a company's profit is not backed by free cashflow. Therefore, it's actually considered a good thing when a company has a negative accrual ratio, but a bad thing if its accrual ratio is positive. While it's not a problem to have a positive accrual ratio, indicating a certain level of non-cash profits, a high accrual ratio is arguably a bad thing, because it indicates paper profits are not matched by cash flow. To quote a 2014 paper by Lewellen and Resutek, "firms wit
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- Karat Packaging Inc. (NASDAQ: KRT) had its price target raised by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $32.00 to $36.00. They now have a "buy" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
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KRT
Earnings
- 11/7/24 - Miss
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Analyst Actions
- 12/11/24 - Stifel
KRT
Sec Filings
- 11/20/24 - Form 4
- 11/8/24 - Form 10-Q
- 11/7/24 - Form 8-K
- KRT's page on the SEC website