Lumentum Stock Leads the S&P 500 While Corning Can't Keep Up
Lumentum is the best-performing S&P 500 stock Wednesday, and Coherent isn't far behind. Corning is seeing smaller gains.
Barrons9/16/2026Positive
GLW
Corning IncorporatedNYSETECHNOLOGYELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
Key Statistics
Market Cap
$123.67B
P/E Ratio
66.16
EPS
$2.17
Beta
1.15
52W High
$271.27
52W Low
$76.38
50-Day MA
$158.40
200-Day MA
$145.81
Dividend Yield
0.78%
Profit Margin
11.20%
Forward P/E
34.60
PEG Ratio
0.86
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications.
Fundamentals
| Revenue (TTM) | $16.96B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $6.17B |
| EBITDA | $4.08B |
| Operating Margin | 15.70% |
| Return on Equity | 16.80% |
| Return on Assets | 5.37% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $19.78 |
| Book Value | $13.86 |
| Price-to-Book | 9.85 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 7.28 |
| EV/Revenue | 7.7 |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.10 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 18.50% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 16.60% |
| Shares Outstanding | $861.39M |
| Float | $790.57M |
| % Insiders | 8.07% |
| % Institutions | 74.89% |
Historical Volatility
HV 10-Day
95.16%
HV 20-Day
75.14%
HV 30-Day
76.24%
HV 60-Day
94.46%
HV Rank
64.3%
Volatility is currently expanding
Analyst Ratings
Consensus ($192.44 target)
12
Buy4
HoldLatest News
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Zacks Investment Research9/15/2026Positive
Corning Tumbles 12% on $2B At-the-Market Equity Offering; Coherent Sinks 11%, Lumentum Drops 9%, Fabrinet Slides 6%
Shares of Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW | GLW Price Prediction) are down 12% to $145.61 in Monday afternoon trading after the company disclosed a $2 billion at-the-market equity distribution program.
24/7 Wall Street9/14/2026Negative
Corning: AI-Slowdown Fears, Equity Distribution News Hit Hard, EPS Growth Remains
Corning Incorporated maintains a Buy rating, with valuation now more appealing despite recent technical deterioration and sector-wide AI-related volatility. Q2 results showed strong growth in Optical Communications and Solar, with enterprise sales up 65% YoY and solar revenue up 90% YoY. GLW targets aggressive sales run rates—$20B by 2026, $30B by 2028, and $40B by 2030—supported by major partnerships and robust free cash flow.
Seeking Alpha9/14/2026Neutral
Corning Is One of Today's Worst Stocks in S&P 500. It's Not Just the AI Selloff.
Corning stock is one of the worst-performing S&P 500 stocks in the trading session and it isn't just because of the AI-trade selloff.
Barrons9/14/2026Negative
The AI Trade Is Rotating From Memory To Interconnects, And Corning Is The Best Way To Play It
Corning is poised to benefit from the next AI infrastructure bottleneck: cluster-scale optical interconnectivity, driven by hyperscaler demand for high-density fiber. GLW's Springboard roadmap has delivered operating margins above 20% a year ahead of target, with Q2 2026 EPS up 30% YoY and robust free cash flow. Multi-year, customer-funded supply agreements with Meta, NVIDIA, Verizon, and others de-risk capital allocation and secure revenue visibility through 2030.
Seeking Alpha9/14/2026Positive
Here's Why Corning (GLW) is a Strong Momentum Stock
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Zacks Investment Research9/11/2026Positive
Corning Just Locked In a Massive Verizon Fiber Deal as AI Infrastructure Expands
When investors consider the physical infrastructure powering artificial intelligence (AI) expansion, semiconductor silicon and power utilities capture most of the attention. Advanced computing clusters and nationwide broadband networks increasingly share another critical physical requirement: high-density optical fiber.
MarketBeat9/10/2026Positive
Celestica vs. Corning: Which AI Infrastructure Stock is a Better Buy?
CLS and GLW are tapping the AI infrastructure boom from different parts of the data-center ecosystem.
Zacks Investment Research9/10/2026Positive
Can Corning's Long-Term Fiber Deal With Verizon Boost Its Shares?
GLW's multi-billion-dollar Verizon deal boosts optical fiber demand, supporting broadband expansion and AI infrastructure through 2032.
Zacks Investment Research9/10/2026Positive
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Data last updated: 9/16/2026