November 11, 2024
Last Friday (11/8), the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it signed a preliminary memorandum of terms with Corning (GLW; $48.90; O/P) to provide up to $32mm in direct funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science…
November 6, 2024
We think yesterday’s Q3 results and guidance from Lumen Technologies (LUMN; $8.87; NR) highlighted the Optical Technologies sales and profits tailwinds (30%+ of 2024E sales and nearly 40% of profits) that Corning (GLW; $48.30; O/P)…
October 29, 2024
We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target from $53 to $60 on the shares of Corning (GLW; $49.03) after the company produced healthy “core” Q3 EPS leverage it sees continuing into Q4E, led by…
October 29, 2024
Corning (GLW; $46.84; O/P) reported Q3 “core” EPS of $0.54, which was in line with our $0.54 and a penny ahead of the Street’s $0.53 on somewhat better than expected core sales ($3,733mm vs. our…
October 21, 2024
This morning, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with Corning’s (GLW; $47.08; O/P) Hemlock Semiconductor business (9% of 2024E sales) to provide up to $325mm in…
October 21, 2024
The shares of Corning (GLW; $46.62; O/P) have rebounded 23% since early-August, exceeding prior highs of May 2021 to levels last seen in 2000, which of course “raises the bar” for the stock into its…
October 1, 2024
Recent news flow out of Corning (GLW; $44.67; O/P) provides further support for the idea that the company is well positioned to continue to re-purpose its glass manufacturing assets towards the production of newer and…
September 20, 2024
We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Corning (GLW; $44.43) after visiting its largest optical fiber manufacturing facility yesterday (9/19) in Concord, NC. During our visit we heard presentations from and had offline discussions…
August 15, 2024
We reiterate our Outperform and $50 target on the shares of Corning (GLW; $40.26) after hosting a virtual investor meeting with Ann Nicholson, Vice President of Investor Relations, on Wednesday (8/14). Most importantly for us,…
July 30, 2024
The shares of Corning (GLW; $39.74; O/P) traded down 7% today after this morning’s Q2 print and are now down 14% in just the past two weeks as its early-July positive pre-announcement “lost some of…
July 30, 2024
Corning (GLW; $42,68; E/W) reported Q2 “core” EPS of $0.47, which was in line with our recently raised $0.47 and slightly ahead of the Street’s $0.46 on core sales of $3,604mm (vs. our $3,600mm and…
July 17, 2024
We think the “bar has been raised” for Corning (GLW; $45.84; O/P) into its Q2 results and outlook, scheduled for July 30th (before market), given how well received its recent positive Q2 update was received…
July 8, 2024
We raise our above consensus 2024/2025E EPS for Corning (GLW; $38.44; O/P) from $2.00/2.33 to $2.07/2.40 on the back of this morning’s positive Q2 guidance update. By comparison, we note that the Street was only…
June 17, 2024
We are raising our rating on the shares of Corning (GLW; $37.25) from Equal-Weight to Outperform and set a $45 target after joining an extensive facility visit to its Sullivan Park Research & Development campus…
April 30, 2024
We adjust 2024/2025E EPS for Corning (GLW; $33.35; E/W) from $1.95/$2.30 to $2.00/$2.30 after some Q1 EPS upside with Q2E guidance that encompassed our and Street’s bottom-line thinking. Q1 revenue and Q2E sales targets were…