Corning, Inc. (GLW)


November 26, 2024

GLW: Moving To a Quick Cover Glass Resolution with the EC?

By Steven Fox

Corning (GLW; $48.00; O/P) seems to be moving quickly to address recently raised concerns from the European Commission (EC) around the company’s position in the cover glass market. Recall, the EC announced earlier this month…

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November 11, 2024

GLW: Secures More CHIPS Act Funding

By Steven Fox

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…

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November 6, 2024

GLW: Some News Flow to Consider

By Steven Fox

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)…

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October 29, 2024

GLW: Optical Momentum Continues to Lead the Way

By Steven Fox

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…

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October 29, 2024

GLW: First Look at Q3 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

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…

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October 21, 2024

GLW: Hemlock Awarded CHIPS Act Funding

By Steven Fox

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…

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October 21, 2024

GLW: Raise Price Target Ahead of Q3 Print

By Steven Fox

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…

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October 1, 2024

GLW: Some New Product News to Consider

By Steven Fox

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…

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September 20, 2024

GLW: Getting at the Heart of the Springboard Matter

By Steven Fox

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…

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August 15, 2024

GLW: Meeting Highlights Springboard Leverage

By Steven Fox

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,…

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July 30, 2024

GLW: Pre-Announce Loses Its Luster but Stick with Outperform

By Steven Fox

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…

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July 30, 2024

GLW: First Look at Q2 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

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…

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July 17, 2024

GLW: Prepared Well for Its Higher Earnings Bar

By Steven Fox

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…

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July 8, 2024

GLW: Raises Q2E Guide on Big AI-Related Momentum

By Steven Fox

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…

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June 17, 2024

GLW: Visit Shines More Light; Raise Rating to Outperform

By Steven Fox

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…

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