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Corning Inc.
Information Technology · Electronic Components · US
$177.58
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$169.0B
Total market value of the company
94.41
Expensive — high growth expected
46.50
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+20.0%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
11.1%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
16.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$197.67
+11% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 15 analysts covering this stock
About Corning Inc.

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. The company provides optical fibers and cables; and hardware and equipment products, such as cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware and connectors, optical components and couplers, closures, network interface devices, and other accessories for the telecommunications industry, businesses, governments, and individuals. It also offers glass substrates for flat panel displays, including liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting diodes that are used in televisions, notebook computers, desktop monitors, tablets, and handheld devices. In addition, it manufactures products that offer material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, crystals, precision metrology instruments, and software, as well as glass wafers and substrates, tinted sunglasses, and radiation shielding products for markets, such as mobile consumer electronics, semiconductor equipment optics and consumables, aerospace and defense optics, radiation shielding products, sunglasses, and telecommunications components. Further, the company provides ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile, gasoline, and diesel applications, as well as technical glass and optic products and solutions for the interior and exterior of vehicles. Additionally, it offers laboratory products, including plastic vessels, liquid handling plastics, specialty surfaces, cell culture media, and serum, as well as general labware, and glassware and equipment under the Corning, Falcon, PYREX, and Axygen brands. It also offers polysilicon products and pharmaceutical glass tubing and vials. 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.

https://www.corning.com

Country: United States Employees: 67,200 Industry: Electronic Components
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
30.3% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
1.7% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
13.9% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.2% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$84.47
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-110.2%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
OVERVALUED
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
88.4th
Ranks in the top 12% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
83.8
Valuation Score
30.5
Quality Score
73.3
Combined
61.2

Trading at $196, 132% above fair value of $84. Moderate competitive position. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 56% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
2.201
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.1946
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
5.094
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
140.4%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-27.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
36
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.14
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$211.79
16% below the year high
52W Low
$47.40
275% above the year low
Avg Volume
13,255,983
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
1.4
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
2.0%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.5%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$2.08
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.80
Moderate leverage — manageable
1.61
Healthy liquidity position
Quick Ratio
0.75
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
36.4%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
15.7%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$612M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$16.3B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.8B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
15
Target High
$230.00
Target Median
$197.67
Target Low
$149.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-15 NELSON AVERY H III Chief Operating Officer 20,000 $3,918,600
2026-05-14 FANG LI Officer 8,725 $171,446
2026-05-13 BECKER STEFAN Officer 126
2026-05-13 VERKLEEREN RONALD L Officer 10,000 $2,077,708
2026-05-11 SEETHARAM SOUMYA Chief Technology Officer 20,000 $4,124,646
2026-05-11 TILLMAN MICHAUNE D. General Counsel 3,260 $674,870
2026-05-11 ZHANG JOHN Z Officer 10,000 $1,983,383
2026-05-08 BECKER STEFAN Officer 21,000 $3,949,680
2026-05-08 GULLO MICHELLE L Officer 5,315 $1,004,689
2026-05-08 STEVERSON LEWIS A Officer 27,750 $5,440,593
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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