Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT) vs Eightco Holdings Inc. (ORBS)

Karat Packaging Inc. and Eightco Holdings Inc. are both Packaging & Containers companies. Karat Packaging Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $447.0M — 2.4× the size. Eightco Holdings Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Karat Packaging Inc. trades at 21.2×. Karat Packaging Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against −42.7%. Karat Packaging Inc. has the higher net margin (10.2% vs −1,260.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (25.5% vs −14.1%). Across the 17 metrics below, Karat Packaging Inc. leads on 14 and Eightco Holdings Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric KRT ORBS Packaging & Containers median
P/E 21.18 n/m 15.79
P/S 2.15 18.10 0.88
P/B 6.09 1.15 1.60
Price to free cash flow 20.32 n/m 13.41
EV/EBITDA 12.23 n/m 9.04
EV/Sales 2.11 16.36 1.31
Earnings yield 4.72% (281.09%) 5.04%
Free cash flow yield 4.92% (107.36%) 6.34%

Profitability

Metric KRT ORBS Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 40.73% (4.81%) 20.03%
Operating margin 12.79% (306.20%) 8.36%
Net margin 10.18% (1,260.92%) 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 10.58% (1,944.75%) 5.14%
Return on equity 29.80% (157.35%) 11.28%
Return on assets 15.74% (138.87%) 4.29%
Return on invested capital 25.49% (14.11%) 6.43%

Growth

Metric KRT ORBS Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.62% (42.74%) 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 4.70% (1,250.00%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.62% — 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.44% — 0.00%

Health

Metric KRT ORBS Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 0.20 0.02 0.78
Current ratio 2.25 21.72 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA (0.03) 0.88 2.65

Dividend

Metric KRT ORBS Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.15% — 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.28

Size

Metric KRT ORBS Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 1.09b 446.97m 3.71b

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