Foodservice packaging supplier Karat Packaging (NASDAQ: KRT) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.

Karat Packaging met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $124 million, up 10.1% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and revenue guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Karat Packaging’s revenue to grow 10% year on year to $124.1 million, improving from the 6.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.39 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Karat Packaging has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time since going public by 1% on average.

Looking at Karat Packaging’s peers in the specialty equipment distributors segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Richardson Electronics delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 6%, and SiteOne reported revenues up 4.1%, in line with consensus estimates. Richardson Electronics traded up 11.4% following the results while SiteOne was also up 5.1%.

Read our full analysis of Richardson Electronics’s results here and SiteOne’s results here.

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