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Karat Packaging Inc.

KRT
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Nasdaq
Industry
Plastics Products, NEC
SEC CIK
0001758021

In the last 90 days, Karat Packaging Inc. insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 3 sales; 142 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $237.6M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
658.6K
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−30.6K
−4.4% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
5.18
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
127.2K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 75,933 sharesNov 15, 2024: 75,333 sharesNov 29, 2024: 65,171 sharesDec 13, 2024: 74,678 sharesDec 31, 2024: 68,685 sharesJan 15, 2025: 68,311 sharesJan 31, 2025: 86,643 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 77,810 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 75,631 sharesMar 14, 2025: 75,202 sharesMar 31, 2025: 70,828 sharesApr 15, 2025: 77,064 sharesApr 30, 2025: 81,014 sharesMay 15, 2025: 153,199 sharesMay 30, 2025: 104,803 sharesJun 13, 2025: 84,776 sharesJun 30, 2025: 85,734 sharesJul 15, 2025: 89,057 sharesJul 31, 2025: 94,858 sharesAug 15, 2025: 104,532 sharesAug 29, 2025: 133,060 sharesSep 15, 2025: 124,978 sharesSep 30, 2025: 249,952 sharesOct 15, 2025: 221,472 sharesOct 31, 2025: 222,196 sharesNov 14, 2025: 189,210 sharesNov 28, 2025: 254,284 sharesDec 15, 2025: 248,788 sharesDec 31, 2025: 218,977 sharesJan 15, 2026: 272,592 sharesJan 30, 2026: 268,619 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 234,790 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 211,131 sharesMar 13, 2026: 147,593 sharesMar 31, 2026: 179,976 sharesApr 15, 2026: 159,917 sharesApr 30, 2026: 182,698 sharesMay 15, 2026: 175,403 sharesMay 29, 2026: 279,601 sharesJun 15, 2026: 306,091 sharesJun 30, 2026: 300,210 sharesJul 15, 2026: 284,839 sharesJul 31, 2026: 260,922 sharesAug 14, 2026: 230,269 sharesAug 31, 2026: 313,251 sharesSep 15, 2026: 436,268 sharesSep 30, 2026: 592,805 sharesOct 15, 2026: 689,226 sharesOct 30, 2026: 658,635 shares
Short interest in KRT by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 2026658.6K−30.6K−4.4%127.2K5.18
Oct 15, 2026689.2K+96.4K+16.3%183.6K3.75
Sep 30, 2026592.8K+156.5K+35.9%207.7K2.85
Sep 15, 2026436.3K+123.0K+39.3%131.0K3.33
Aug 31, 2026313.3K+83.0K+36.0%126.2K2.48
Aug 14, 2026230.3K−30.7K−11.8%187.5K1.23
Jul 31, 2026260.9K−23.9K−8.4%127.6K2.04
Jul 15, 2026284.8K−15.4K−5.1%117.4K2.43
Jun 30, 2026300.2K−5.88K−1.9%176.7K1.70
Jun 15, 2026306.1K+26.5K+9.5%79.0K3.87
May 29, 2026279.6K+104.2K+59.4%125.9K2.22
May 15, 2026175.4K−7.29K−4.0%91.8K1.91
Apr 30, 2026182.7K+22.8K+14.3%92.9K1.97
Apr 15, 2026159.9K−20.1K−11.2%65.9K2.42
Mar 31, 2026180.0K+32.4K+21.9%101.1K1.78
Mar 13, 2026147.6K−63.5K−30.1%77.3K1.91
Feb 27, 2026211.1K−23.7K−10.1%48.4K4.36
Feb 13, 2026234.8K−33.8K−12.6%73.3K3.20
Jan 30, 2026268.6K−3.97K−1.5%52.1K5.16
Jan 15, 2026272.6K+53.6K+24.5%83.4K3.27
Dec 31, 2025219.0K−29.8K−12.0%76.2K2.87
Dec 15, 2025248.8K−5.50K−2.2%100.5K2.47
Nov 28, 2025254.3K+65.1K+34.4%140.0K1.82
Nov 14, 2025189.2K−33.0K−14.9%171.6K1.10
Oct 31, 2025222.2K+724+0.3%107.1K2.07
Oct 15, 2025221.5K−28.5K−11.4%120.7K1.83
Sep 30, 2025250.0K+125.0K+100.0%117.9K2.12
Sep 15, 2025125.0K−8.08K−6.1%69.7K1.79
Aug 29, 2025133.1K+28.5K+27.3%64.8K2.05
Aug 15, 2025104.5K+9.67K+10.2%92.7K1.13
Jul 31, 202594.9K+5.80K+6.5%57.0K1.66
Jul 15, 202589.1K+3.32K+3.9%73.3K1.22
Jun 30, 202585.7K+958+1.1%124.7K1.00
Jun 13, 202584.8K−20.0K−19.1%145.9K1.00
May 30, 2025104.8K−48.4K−31.6%55.1K1.90
May 15, 2025153.2K+72.2K+89.1%64.8K2.36
Apr 30, 202581.0K+3.95K+5.1%43.7K1.85
Apr 15, 202577.1K+6.24K+8.8%44.6K1.73
Mar 31, 202570.8K−4.37K−5.8%32.1K2.21
Mar 14, 202575.2K−429−0.6%26.8K2.80
Feb 28, 202575.6K−2.18K−2.8%47.9K1.58
Feb 14, 202577.8K−8.83K−10.2%21.2K3.66
Jan 31, 202586.6K+18.3K+26.8%32.7K2.65
Jan 15, 202568.3K−374−0.5%37.9K1.80
Dec 31, 202468.7K−5.99K−8.0%38.0K1.81
Dec 13, 202474.7K+9.51K+14.6%36.8K2.03
Nov 29, 202465.2K−10.2K−13.5%41.9K1.55
Nov 15, 202475.3K−600−0.8%45.7K1.65
Oct 31, 202475.9K−13.0K−14.6%18.9K4.02

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in KRT by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 14, 2026560$53.86$30.2K
Oct 6, 20263$54.68$164.04
Sep 24, 2026240$53.05$12.7K
Sep 15, 2026500$49.16$24.6K
Sep 8, 202622$48.39$1.06K
Jul 15, 20264,669$35.45$165.5K
Jun 30, 20266,533$32.79$214.2K
Jun 8, 2026295$28.45$8.39K
Jun 5, 2026295$28.12$8.30K
Jun 3, 202663$27.42$1.73K
May 21, 20261,845$27.66$51.0K
May 13, 2026349$27.20$9.49K
May 1, 2026113$28.69$3.24K
Apr 8, 202689$28.31$2.52K
Mar 17, 202614$27.82$389.48
Mar 16, 20261$26.92$26.92
Mar 9, 2026300$22.73$6.82K
Mar 3, 202649$24.51$1.20K
Feb 5, 2026427$26.02$11.1K
Feb 2, 202664$24.47$1.57K
Jan 23, 2026300$24.90$7.47K
Jan 22, 2026300$24.63$7.39K
Jan 20, 2026930$24.95$23.2K
Jan 13, 2026700$24.89$17.4K
Jan 12, 20261,000$24.26$24.3K
Dec 24, 2025552$22.67$12.5K
Nov 6, 20252,085$25.36$52.9K
Oct 27, 202536$24.99$899.64
Oct 15, 202554$24.16$1.30K
Oct 14, 20252,179$23.89$52.1K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in KRT by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 202658,7850235,58825.0%
Nov 9, 202698,4713,802254,23938.7%
Nov 6, 2026140,3075,217296,91747.3%
Nov 5, 202640,518600109,88236.9%
Nov 4, 202625,346047,18553.7%
Nov 3, 202618,624045,58340.9%
Nov 2, 202622,920046,86348.9%
Oct 30, 202622,969042,96753.5%
Oct 29, 202641,983060,51269.4%
Oct 28, 202631,662050,12463.2%
Oct 27, 202650,147069,94671.7%
Oct 26, 202653,940077,00270.1%
Oct 23, 202617,9054142,68241.9%
Oct 22, 202617,754028,09863.2%
Oct 21, 202620,473033,51361.1%
Oct 20, 202623,573065,26436.1%
Oct 19, 202633,291081,93040.6%
Oct 16, 202627,033071,50537.8%
Oct 15, 202638,995084,96045.9%
Oct 14, 202650,415070,16871.8%
Oct 13, 202637,280071,48552.2%
Oct 12, 202667,4410106,47363.3%
Oct 9, 202637,743076,08149.6%
Oct 8, 202631,402069,62545.1%
Oct 7, 202648,576089,72354.1%
Oct 6, 202651,980078,06466.6%
Oct 5, 202647,191076,45361.7%
Oct 2, 202673,4830165,98344.3%
Oct 1, 202645,453065,09169.8%
Sep 30, 202631,217043,31472.1%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in KRT
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2256,5289,161154,5423,01362.4%
Sep 28, 2026T2270,19010,286138,8913,22366.0%
Sep 21, 2026T2292,1879,587198,8793,84859.5%
Sep 14, 2026T2191,6918,257385,7453,29233.2%
Sep 7, 2026T295,3207,22547,1671,30766.9%
Aug 31, 2026T2137,0896,56663,9922,31468.2%
Aug 24, 2026T2151,3125,785122,0142,28155.4%
Aug 17, 2026T2231,4598,121101,9812,60069.4%
Aug 10, 2026T2323,68510,063209,3113,58660.7%
Aug 3, 2026T2218,5757,72688,9432,40071.1%
Jul 27, 2026T2177,7117,257131,3871,70357.5%
Jul 20, 2026T2152,3585,52385,4061,54064.1%