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Corning GLW

$155.47
+$0.99 (+0.64%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $154.00 -0.31%
Open$150.72
Prev close$154.48
Day range$149.60 – $156.36
Volume3.02M
Market cap$133.92B
P/E (TTM)71.6
Dividend yield0.72%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

GLW at a glance

GLW last changed hands at $155.47 (up 0.64%). At $133.92B, Corning is ranked #115 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.

The 52-week range is $76.98 to $271.27. Today's price is about 40% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are ahead 96.3% over twelve months, but down 24.3% across the last three months.

On the chart it holds above both the 50-day ($153.02) and 200-day ($147.74) moving averages; RSI is 50, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 72% annualized volatility.

Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $4.51B, up 16.6% from a year earlier, with $609.00M of net profit (a 11.2% margin).

Buyers are paying 71.6 times trailing earnings, 16% above its five-year average of 61.8. The median for its industry group is 50.0.

10 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $188.75, sits 21.4% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Corning: the business

Corning makes specialty glass, optical fiber and ceramics, including Gorilla Glass for phones and fiber used by data centers.

What tends to move it. Optical communications demand tied to AI is a growth area, while display glass follows consumer electronics cycles.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.6%
1 week
+7.8%
1 month
+7.0%
3 months
-24.3%
6 months
+9.9%
Year to date
+78.5%
1 year
+96.3%
Day range
$149.60$156.36
52-week range
$76.98$271.27

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong uptrend

6 bullish · 1 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average+1.7%Bullish
Price vs 50-day average+1.6%Bullish
Price vs 200-day average+5.2%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)49.9Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-0.61Bullish
Bollinger band position58%Bullish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$155.27 / $155.53
Average price today$153.69
Volume3.02MAvg (90d) 12.79M
Turnover$463.93M
Turnover rate0.38%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.60vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude4.37%
Market cap$133.92B
Float market cap$122.25B
Shares outstanding786.33M
EPS (TTM)$1.83
P/E (TTM)71.65
P/B10.66
Book value / share$14.58
Earnings yield0.15%
Dividend (TTM)$1.12 / shareYield 0.72%
Net profit (TTM)$1.58B
Net assets$12.56B
30-day volatility71.7%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)5.57%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-51.5%-39.1% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How GLW ranks on BeStock

Market value#115 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#266 of 283
Dividend yield#201 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#294 of 300
Dollar volume today#85 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$4.51B+16.6% YoY
Operating profit$698.00M+21.8% YoY
Net profit$609.00M+21.8% YoY
Diluted EPS$0.64+18.5% YoY
Free cash flow$1.30B+223.8% YoY
Operating cash flow$1.72B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$3.4BSep '24$3.5BDec '24$3.5BMar '25$3.9BJun '25$4.1BSep '25$4.2BDec '25$4.1BMar '26$4.5BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$-95.0MSep '24$340.0MDec '24$185.0MMar '25$500.0MJun '25$470.0MSep '25$587.0MDec '25$408.0MMar '26$609.0MJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin36.4%
Operating margin15.3%
Net margin11.2%
Return on equity16.1%
Return on assets6.2%
Return on invested capital10.5%
Current ratio1.81
Liabilities / assets60.2%
Cash & investments$2.50B
Total debt$9.29B
Net cash (debt)-$6.79B
Free cash flow / sales14.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • Optical communications$2.07B 43.7%
  • Glass Innovations$1.46B 30.9%
  • Automotive$471.00M 9.9%
  • Solar$438.00M 9.2%
  • Life Sciences and Emerging Growth Businesses$294.00M 6.2%
Average move on report day±4.6%last 16 reports
Closed higher7 of 1644% of the time
Best reaction+11.9%
Worst reaction-12.1%

Stock move on the day after each report

+4.7%2024/Q3-2.8%2024/Q4+0.8%2025/Q1+11.9%2025/Q2-3.3%2025/Q3-5.0%2025/Q4-8.9%2026/Q1-12.1%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings67.2x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 64th percentile, 5-year average 61.8x

#2655 of 2975 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book10.0x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 91st percentile, 5-year average 4.2x

#4839 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales7.4x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 90th percentile, 5-year average 3.4x

#4206 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

-10x88x185x282xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$155.00
Price vs. fair value+0.3%Close to the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatNarrow
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts10
Average target$188.75+21.4% vs. price
  • Buy 70%
  • Hold 30%
Low $129.00Now $155.47Avg $188.75High $220.00

Latest rating actions

  • 15 Sep 2026Mizuho SecuritiesBUY · PT $180.00
  • 14 Sep 2026Mizuho SecuritiesBUY · PT $180.00
  • 10 Sep 2026Truist FinancialBUY
  • 10 Sep 2026OppenheimerBUY · PT $200.00
  • 8 Sep 2026CitiBUY · PT $220.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership82.5%+4.01 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,919-12 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)13 buys / 13 sellsBalanced
Short interest2.32% of floatDays to cover 2.3 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share14.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

10%13%15%18%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$18.62M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)0.72%
Last dividend$0.28Ex-date 31 Aug 2026
Next-to-last$0.28
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

0.7220180.8020190.8820200.9620211.0820221.1220231.1220241.122025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 6.5% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Citi Maintains Corning(GLW.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $220Market news · 9 Sep 2026
  • Verizon and Corning have signed a multi-billion-dollar fiber-optic agreement to expand broadband and build artificial intelligence infrastructure.Breakings · 8 Sep 2026
  • Mizuho Securities Maintains Corning(GLW.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $180Market news · 15 Sep 2026
  • Mizuho Securities Maintains Corning(GLW.US) With Buy Rating, Cuts Target Price to $180Market news · 14 Sep 2026
  • U.S. AI chip stocks fell across the board in overnight trading, with SanDisk, SK Hynix, and Corning dropping more than 5%, and Micron falling over 4%, as the three major AI giants called for a slowdown in AI model development.Gelonghui Finance · 14 Sep 2026
  • US Stock Market Movements | Corning (GLW.US) falls more than 8% in pre-market trading as it plans to raise up to $2 billion through a secondary stock offeringZhitong Finance · 14 Sep 2026

GLW stock: common questions

What is GLW's latest share price?

$155.47 is the latest print for GLW, a move of +0.64% against yesterday's close of $154.48. Today's low and high so far: $149.60 and $156.36.

How large is Corning by market value?

Equity value comes to $133.92B at the current price. By that measure it is number 115 of the 300 names in our coverage.

How is Corning valued against its profits?

Buyers pay 71.6 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $1.83). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 61.8, and today's level ranks in the 64th percentile of its own history.

How far is GLW from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $76.98 and the ceiling $271.27. Shares are 42.7% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on Corning shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 0.72% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 31, 2026.

Do Wall Street analysts like GLW?

Of 10 analysts, 70% say buy, 30% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $188.75, with the most cautious at $129.00 and the most optimistic at $220.00.

How does Corning make money?

Corning makes specialty glass, optical fiber and ceramics, including Gorilla Glass for phones and fiber used by data centers.

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