Packaging — Operating Income
Packaging Corp of America Packaging — Operating Income increased by 3.3% to -$1.03B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 7.0%, from -$961.30M to -$1.03B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Packaging — Operating Income shows a downward trend with a 32.4% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Higher operating income reflects strong operational efficiency and cost management, while losses indicate potential structural issues or margin compression.
Detailed definition
This metric measures the profitability of the packaging segment by subtracting operating expenses from segment revenue....
Peer comparison
Commonly reported as Segment Operating Profit or Segment EBIT by industrial competitors.
pkg_segment_packaging_operating_income_lossHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $317.20M | $365.20M | $365.70M | $362.20M | $419.80M | $359.20M | -$4.87B | $268.00M | $285.80M | $256.80M | -$4.22B | -$939.50M | -$937.10M | -$957.00M | -$935.50M | -$961.30M | -$960.10M | -$1.02B | -$1.06B | -$1.03B |
| QoQ Change | — | +15.1% | +0.1% | -1.0% | +15.9% | -14.4% | <-999% | +105.5% | +6.6% | -10.1% | <-999% | +77.7% | +0.3% | -2.1% | +2.2% | -2.8% | +0.1% | -6.5% | -4.0% | +3.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +32.3% | -1.6% | <-999% | -26.0% | -31.9% | -28.5% | +13.3% | -450.6% | -427.9% | -472.7% | +77.8% | -2.3% | -2.5% | -6.8% | -13.7% | -7.0% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Packaging Corp of America's packaging — operating income?
- Packaging Corp of America (PKG) reported packaging — operating income of -$1.03B in Q1 2026.
- How has Packaging Corp of America's packaging — operating income changed year-over-year?
- Packaging Corp of America's packaging — operating income decreased by 7.0% year-over-year, from -$961.30M to -$1.03B.
- What is the long-term trend for Packaging Corp of America's packaging — operating income?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Packaging Corp of America's packaging — operating income has grown at a 32.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.31B to -$4.01B.
- What does packaging — operating income mean?
- The profit or loss generated by the packaging segment from its core business operations.