Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics — Equity in losses of nonconsolidated affiliates increased by 400.0% to $18.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 53.8%, from $39.00M to $18.00M. Over 2 years (FY 2021 to FY 2023), Packaging & Specialty Plastics — Equity in losses of nonconsolidated affiliates shows a downward trend with a -48.5% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase in losses signals underperformance of joint venture assets or challenging market conditions for those specific partnerships.
The segment's share of losses from investments in joint ventures or entities where the company does not have a controlli...
Comparable to equity method investment results reported by peers with extensive joint venture networks.
dow_segment_packaging_specialty_plastics_equity_in_losses_of_nonconsolidated_affiliates| 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 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $130.00M | $124.00M | $130.00M | $110.00M | $138.00M | $55.00M | $56.00M | $21.00M | $19.00M | $50.00M | $40.00M | $25.00M | $55.00M | $16.00M | $39.00M | $7.00M | -$6.00M | $18.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -4.6% | +4.8% | -15.4% | +25.5% | -60.1% | +1.8% | -62.5% | -9.5% | +163.2% | -20.0% | -37.5% | +120.0% | -70.9% | +143.8% | -82.1% | -185.7% | +400.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +6.2% | -55.6% | -56.9% | -80.9% | -86.2% | -9.1% | -28.6% | +19.0% | +189.5% | -68.0% | +56.0% | -87.3% | -137.5% | -53.8% |