Corning Incorporated

WBAG:GLW Stock Report

Market Cap: €38.8b

Corning Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Corning's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -0.3%, while the Electronic industry saw earnings growing at 15.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.1% per year. Corning's return on equity is 2%, and it has net margins of 1.2%.

Key information

-0.3%

Earnings growth rate

-2.2%

EPS growth rate

Electronic Industry Growth14.2%
Revenue growth rate3.1%
Return on equity2.0%
Net Margin1.2%
Next Earnings Update29 Jan 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Corning makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

WBAG:GLW Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2412,6111561,8201,057
30 Jun 2412,3934371,7931,033
31 Mar 2412,3856141,7641,034
31 Dec 2312,5885811,7381,030
30 Sep 2313,0005851,7691,052
30 Jun 2313,3156291,7521,060
31 Mar 2313,6879111,7961,037
31 Dec 2214,1891,3161,7841,031
30 Sep 2214,4591,8391,7811,045
30 Jun 2214,5862,0021,8041,018
31 Mar 2214,4721,0851,7651,020
31 Dec 2114,0821,0791,727994
30 Sep 2113,7568191,719943
30 Jun 2113,1428511,709905
31 Mar 2112,2021,1091,627881
31 Dec 2011,3034141,601907
30 Sep 2010,7701941,602943
30 Jun 2010,7031041,514969
31 Mar 2011,0822671,5811,000
31 Dec 1911,5038621,6491,001
30 Sep 1911,7211,1221,6461,002
30 Jun 1911,7951,4101,7171,007
31 Mar 1911,6022,0561,6901,001
31 Dec 1811,2909681,873987
30 Sep 1810,892-7361,595969
30 Jun 1810,491-9711,529940
31 Mar 1810,241-1,2701,508903
31 Dec 1710,116-5951,473864
30 Sep 179,9552,3891,620796
30 Jun 179,8552,2831,543768
31 Mar 179,7184,0511,594754
31 Dec 169,3903,5971,518736
30 Sep 169,1452,2491,574777
30 Jun 168,9102,1771,597771
31 Mar 168,8934661,497770
31 Dec 159,1111,2411,497769
30 Sep 159,2842,0061,270771
30 Jun 159,5522,8071,298789
31 Mar 159,6912,4811,286806
31 Dec 149,7152,3781,358815
30 Sep 149,2671,8351,393774
30 Jun 148,7941,2541,320759
31 Mar 148,2941,7471,264730
31 Dec 137,8191,9611,126710

Quality Earnings: GLW has a large one-off loss of $444.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: GLW's current net profit margins (1.2%) are lower than last year (4.5%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: GLW's earnings have declined by 0.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: GLW's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: GLW had negative earnings growth (-73.3%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Electronic industry average (-2.6%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: GLW's Return on Equity (2%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 13:20
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Corning Incorporated is covered by 46 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James KelleherArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Amir RozwadowskiBarclays