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Corning Inc GLW
$164.19 +2.35% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $141.41B
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.20, up 134.0% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +97.5%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 82.5 percentage points.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +1.8%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth73Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 41%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 34%
Quality60Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 33%
- Gross marginBottom 29%
- Operating marginTop 24%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 38%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Interest coverTop 35%
Value38Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 47%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 39%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 27%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 34%
Momentum67Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 14%
- 6-month returnBottom 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 14%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Revisions26Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 22%
Stability49Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 30%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 20.1% | 19.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 303.8% | 134.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 36.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 15.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.4% | 14.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 19.4% | 20.1% | ↓ | Top 36% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 134.0% | 303.8% | ↓ | Top 16% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 34.8% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 12.1% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 5.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.1% | 8.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.2% | — | Top 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.3% | — | Bottom 41% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.06×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.76×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 7.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.70%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.35%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.35%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $170.63
- Target vs current price
- +3.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 37
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 57%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +3.3% | -12.1% | +2.3% | +1.5% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +1.2% | -8.9% | -4.8% | +16.8% | -7.1% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +1.8% | -5.0% | +2.8% | +46.2% | +54.5% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +0.8% | -3.3% | -2.1% | -7.6% | +4.4% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +5.1% | +11.9% | +14.6% | +20.5% | +55.3% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +6.5% | +0.8% | +3.0% | +13.2% | +26.3% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +1.8% | -2.8% | +1.6% | -2.4% | -14.3% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +2.7% | +4.7% | +0.4% | +3.0% | +5.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.78 | $0.76 | +3.3% | $4.74B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $0.70 | $0.69 | +1.2% | $4.34B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.72 | $0.71 | +1.8% | $4.41B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.67 | $0.67 | +0.8% | $4.10B |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.57 | +5.1% | $3.86B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.54 | $0.51 | +6.5% | $3.45B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.57 | $0.56 | +1.8% | $3.50B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.54 | $0.53 | +2.7% | $3.39B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 74.6× | 47.1× | 76th | Top 47% |
| P/E (forward) | 50.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 38.0× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| EV / Sales | 8.74× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.69% | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| Earnings yield | 1.34% | — | — | Top 47% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.0× – 279.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +97.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +134.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -14.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 4
- Days above the 200-day average
- 12
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +7.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.1%
- RSI (14)
- 56.6
- Relative volume
- 0.89×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 76.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.23
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -35.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -51.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -51.5% | 21 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Oct 27, 2023 | -42.5% | 633 days | 238 days (Oct 9, 2024) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | -28.0% | 49 days | 74 days (Jul 23, 2025) |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | -23.2% | 7 days | 22 days (Apr 8, 2026) |
| May 14, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | -19.3% | 18 days | 7 days (Jun 22, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $141.41B
- P/E (TTM)
- 74.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.20
- Revenue (TTM)
- $16.96B
- Dividend yield
- 0.68%
- 52-week range
- $77.39 – $271.78
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14.08B | $14.19B | $12.59B | $13.12B | $15.63B |
| Gross profit | $5.06B | $4.51B | $3.93B | $4.28B | $5.51B |
| Operating income | $2.11B | $1.44B | $890.0M | $1.14B | $2.33B |
| Net income | $1.91B | $1.32B | $581.0M | $506.0M | $1.60B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.28 | $1.54 | $0.68 | $0.58 | $1.85 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.39B | $3.50B | $3.45B | $3.86B | $4.10B | $4.21B | $4.14B | $4.50B |
| Net income | -$117.0M | $310.0M | $157.0M | $469.0M | $430.0M | $540.0M | $371.0M | $559.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.14 | $0.36 | $0.18 | $0.54 | $0.50 | $0.63 | $0.43 | $0.64 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.41B | $2.62B | $2.00B | $1.94B | $2.69B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.64B | -$1.60B | -$1.39B | -$965.0M | -$1.28B |
| Free cash flow | $1.77B | $1.01B | $615.0M | $974.0M | $1.41B |
| Dividends paid | -$871.0M | -$932.0M | -$989.0M | -$986.0M | -$999.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$335.0M | -$268.0M | -$106.0M | -$246.0M | -$163.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.50B
- Total assets
- $32.96B
- Total liabilities
- $19.83B
- Total debt
- $9.38B
- Net debt
- $6.88B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $12.56B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.28 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.28 | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.28 | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.28 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.28 | Sep 29, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.28 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.28 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.28 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 17,615,953
- Days to cover
- 1.87
- Change vs previous report
- -12.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 4, 2000
- 3-for-1
- Feb 11, 1992
- 2-for-1
- Feb 15, 1989
- 2-for-1
- Feb 13, 1985
- 2-for-1
- Feb 26, 1973
- 5-for-2