profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Corning
$114.08-4.54% today
+38.5% in 1 year
1-year low $78.031-year high $255.69
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $61.57 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Corning sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $14.2 billion in 2022 to $15.6 billion in 2025, with $1.60 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Corning handed back 82% of the cash it generated last year.
$999M
Free cash flow 2025$1.4B
Bought back its own shares$163M
Paid as dividends$999M
Cash vs. debt$1.5B vs. $9.4B
Corning vs. similar companies
Corning grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corning | 61.6× · Very expensive | ||
 Amphenol | 45.2× · Expensive | ||
 Hon Hai Precision Industry | 17.9× · Fair price | ||
 Delta Electronics | 53.6× · Expensive | ||
 Nan Ya Plastics | 16.2× · Fair price |
Compare Corning with Apple · Adobe · Applied Materials · Arista Networks · Cadence Design Systems · Fortinet · Intuit · KLA
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Corning's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,303 | 14,082 | 14,189 | 12,588 | 13,118 | 15,629 | |
| 3,531 | 5,063 | 4,506 | 3,931 | 4,276 | 5,621 | |
| 509 | 2,112 | 1,438 | 890 | 1,135 | 2,279 | |
| 2,430 | 4,207 | 3,541 | 2,514 | 2,492 | 3,735 | |
| 512 | 1,906 | 1,316 | 581 | 506 | 1,596 | |
| 0.54 | 1.28 | 1.54 | 0.68 | 0.58 | 1.83 | |
| 31.2% | 36.0% | 31.8% | 31.2% | 32.6% | 36.0% | |
| 4.5% | 15.0% | 10.1% | 7.1% | 8.7% | 14.6% | |
| 4.5% | 13.5% | 9.3% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 10.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 30,775 | 30,154 | 29,499 | 28,500 | 27,735 | 30,976 |
| Cash | 2,672 | 2,148 | 1,671 | 1,779 | 1,768 | 1,526 |
| Total debt | 8,663 | 7,735 | 7,817 | 8,484 | 8,091 | 9,377 |
| Total liabilities | 17,327 | 17,609 | 17,224 | 16,632 | 16,665 | 18,669 |
| 13,257 | 12,333 | 12,008 | 11,551 | 10,686 | 11,807 | |
| 772 | 844 | 857 | 859 | 869 | 871 | |
| 3.3% | 10.7% | 8.3% | 4.5% | 4.8% | 8.9% | |
| 3.9% | 15.5% | 11.0% | 5.0% | 4.7% | 13.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,180 | 3,412 | 2,615 | 2,005 | 1,939 | 2,695 | |
| 1,377 | 1,637 | 1,604 | 1,390 | 965 | 1,282 | |
| 803 | 1,775 | 1,011 | 615 | 974 | 1,413 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | 932 | 989 | 986 | 999 |
| 105 | 274 | 728 | 507 | 165 | 163 | |
| 207 | 190 | 175 | 218 | 273 | 286 |
Valuation
- 61.6×
- 36.1×
- 2.23
- 9.0×
- 6.3×
- 69.5×
- 28.4×
- 1.4%
- 1.6%
- 0.6%
Profitability
- 36.0%
- 14.6%
- 10.2%
- 23.1%
- 9.1%
- 6.8%
- 15.6%
- 5.8%
- 9.9%
- 6.9%
Growth
- +6.7%
- +27.6%
- +45.1%
- +4.9%
- +0.5%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 0.79
- 28.7%
- 7.1×
- 1.59
- 1.06
- 0.52
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 41%of 975
Top 29%of 979
Bottom 21%of 747
Bottom 45%of 979
Bottom 43%of 981
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $143.11
- Range
- $120.00 – $180.00
- 8 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 0.70 | 0.69 | +1.2% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 0.72 | 0.71 | +1.8% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 0.67 | 0.67 | +0.8% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 0.60 | 0.57 | +5.1% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 0.54 | 0.51 | +6.5% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 0.57 | 0.56 | +1.8% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.53 | +2.7% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 0.47 | 0.46 | +1.5% |
0.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$6a year at today's yield, before tax
+4.9%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.48 in 2015 → $1.12 in 2025
How safe it looks
62.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 70.7%
News
Prediction: Here's Where Corning Stock Will Trade in 2030Yahoo Finance · Oct 31, 2026Corning shares gain on Q4 profit guide beatSeeking Alpha · Oct 27, 2026JPM sees Corning posting strong revenue on AI demandSeeking Alpha · Oct 21, 2026Is Corning (GLW) Quietly Redefining Its AI and Life Sciences Edge With New Long-Term Deals?Yahoo Finance · Oct 15, 2026AI infrastructure stocks rally on deal announcements from Qualcomm, CorningCNBC · Sep 8, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
37No pass
Benjamin Graham
33No pass
Philip Fisher
47No pass
Peter Lynch
56No pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
29No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Corning
Is Corning a good stock to buy?
A solid business, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Corning AI analysis
What does Corning do?
Corning Incorporated operates in optical communications, display, specialty materials, automotive, and life sciences businesses in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Germany, and internationally. It is in Electronic Components, based in Corning, NY, United States, with 67,200 employees.
Does Corning pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.6% a year, about 63% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $999 million in dividends.
Is Corning stock halal?
Yes. Corning passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 10% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Corning stock done over the past year?
Up 38.5% over the past twelve months, to $114.08. It traded between $78.03 and $255.69 and is 55.4% below its high.
Who are Corning's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Amphenol, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Delta Electronics and Nan Ya Plastics. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Corning's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.