Technology
Corning Incorporated(GLW)
Live Price
Offline$179.20
+1.50% today
1Y Change
+300.53%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $137.43B
- Revenue Growth
- +19.1%
- EPS Growth
- +215.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.7%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Corning Incorporated (GLW) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $137.43B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $179.20 and up 300.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +19.1%, EPS growth of +215.3%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +19.1%, EPS +215.3%, free cash flow +45.1% with operating margin 15.3% and ROIC 7.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 76.3 and price/sales 8.4. Stock Foundry combines GLW price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+19.1% vs +11.9% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+15.3% vs +22.0% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
76.3 vs 18.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +1.2% and a revenue surprise of +1.1%.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +19.1% and EPS at +215.3%, with operating margin around 15.3%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 4, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | +1.2% | -0.8% | +5.9% | +24.7% |
2026 Jan 28, 2026 | +1.8% | -1.2% | +5.2% | +44.1% |
2025 Oct 28, 2025 | +0.8% | +4.5% | -1.4% | -4.0% |
Benchmark Edge
GLW vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
GLW Max Drawdown
-23.15%
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for GLW and SPY.
Company Overview
Corning Incorporated
New York Stock Exchange
Corning Incorporated engages in display technologies, optical communications, environmental technologies, specialty materials, and life sciences businesses worldwide. The company's Display Technologies segment offers glass substrates for liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting diodes used in televisions, notebook computers, desktop monitors, tablets, and handheld devices. Its Optical Communications segment provides optical fibers and cables; and hardware and equipment products, including cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware and connectors, optical components and couplers, closures, network interface devices, and other accessories. This segment also offers its products to businesses, governments, and individuals. Its Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, crystals, precision metrology instruments, software; as well as ultra-thin and ultra-flat glass wafers, substrates, tinted sunglasses, and radiation shielding products. This segment serves various industries, including mobile consumer electronics, semiconductor equipment optics and consumables; aerospace and defense optics; radiation shielding products, sunglasses, and telecommunications components. The company's Environmental Technologies segment offers ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile, gasoline, and diesel applications. The company's Life Sciences segment offers laboratory products comprising consumables, such as plastic vessels, liquid handling plastics, specialty surfaces, cell culture media, and serum, as well as general labware and equipment under the Corning, Falcon, Pyrex, and Axygen brands. The company was formerly known as Corning Glass Works and changed its name to Corning Incorporated in April 1989. Corning Incorporated was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Corning, New York.
- Leadership
- Wendell Weeks
- IPO Date
- Dec 31, 1981
- Employees
- 56.3k
- Street Address
- One Riverfront Plaza
- Mailing
- Corning, NY, 14831
- Region
- Corning, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 607 974 9000
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 76.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 38.3
- Price/Sales
- 8.4
- Price/Book
- 11.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +19.1%
- EPS
- +215.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- +45.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 36.3%
- Operating Margin
- 15.3%
- Net Margin
- 11.1%
- ROE
- 15.6%
- ROIC
- 7.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.76
- Current Ratio
- 1.61
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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