Growth Metrics

Karat Packaging (KRT) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Karat Packaging has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 18.4% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 355.0% year-over-year to 18.4%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 18.4%, up 355.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 18.75%, 295.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 18.4% at Karat Packaging, up from 17.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 19.64% in Q1 2021 and troughed at 10.45% in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 15.63% and a median of 15.46% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 506bps in 2022 and later tumbled -398bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.24% in 2021, then increased by 10bps to 14.53% in 2022, then grew by 24bps to 18.0% in 2023, then fell by -17bps to 14.85% in 2024, then rose by 24bps to 18.4% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for KRT at 18.4% in Q4 2025, 17.32% in Q3 2025, and 17.38% in Q2 2025.