Smurfit Kappa Group Operating Income decreased by 35.0% to $253.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 54.2%, from $553.00M to $253.00M. Over 2 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Operating Income shows an upward trend with a 5.0% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Higher operating income indicates strong operational efficiency and pricing power, while a decline suggests rising costs or weakening demand.
Operating income is the profit realized from a company's core business operations after deducting all operating expenses...
A standard benchmark for operational performance; peers are compared based on operating margin percentages.
operating_income| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $389.50M | $389.50M | $389.50M | $389.50M | $354.00M | $180.00M | $307.00M | $244.00M | $55.00M | $401.00M | $553.00M | $251.00M | $526.00M | $389.00M | $253.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -9.1% | -49.2% | +70.6% | -20.5% | -77.5% | +629.1% | +37.9% | -54.6% | +109.6% | -26.0% | -35.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -9.1% | -53.8% | — | — | -84.5% | +122.8% | +80.1% | +2.9% | +856.4% | -3.0% | -54.2% |