Insider buying last 90 days
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Corning (GLW) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$150.13+2.33 (+1.6%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:16 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryCorning (GLW) closes at $150.13, up 1.6% on the day, sitting between its 50-day average of $154.99 and 200-day average of $147.07. The GekkoIndex reads 60.8, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, up 6.6 over the last five sessions. Price sits 2% below Gekko Fair Value of $153.20. Over the past year the stock is up 95.3%, though the three-month return is -23% and the one-month return is -1.5%.
This week's news centers on two threads: a legal and capital-markets overhang, and thematic optics buying. Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman and Pomerantz have both disclosed investigations into Corning tied to a stock drop following an at-the-market equity offering of up to $2 billion in common stock, with one article noting shares fell on 14 September on the equity distribution agreement. Separately, Corning is described as expanding AI and telecom partnerships with Meta, Amazon, NVIDIA and Verizon, and shares rose 3% alongside gains in Lumentum and Coherent amid what is described as thematic rotation into optical connectivity tied to hyperscaler AI infrastructure demand, though one report notes Corning's gains lagged those peers.
The next earnings date falls on 27 October, 37 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day window; the last report on 28 July beat estimates, with EPS of $0.78 versus $0.76 expected, though the last reaction was -13.5%. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged -0.7% across 5 years, positive in 2 of them. Ten analysts cover the stock, with 7 buy and 3 hold ratings and a consensus target of $192.44.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $150.13200-day averageGekko Fair Value $153.20
Key stats
- Market cap
- $129.3B
- P/E ratio
- 66.3
- Forward P/E
- 34.7
- EPS, TTM
- $2.23
- Revenue, TTM
- $16.96B
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Dividend yield
- 0.78%
- Beta
- 1.15
- Volume
- 14.48M avg 8.96M
- 1-year return
- +95.3%
- Typical daily move
- ±5.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
- 50-day average
- $154.99
- 200-day average
- $147.07
- Next earnings
- Oct 27 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 861.4M
Corning swing-trade checklist
Corning scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $150.13 sits between the 50-day ($154.99) and 200-day ($147.07) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
60.8, Accumulation
Reading 60.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
2.0% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (2% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 37 days
Next report Oct 27, 2026, 37 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−0.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −0.7% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
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Corning stock chart and price history
Corning closed at $150.13 on Sep 18, 2026, +95.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $77.05 to $271.78.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −1.5%
- 3 months
- −23.0%
- 6 months
- +12.8%
- 1 year
- +95.3%
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About Corning
Corning designs and manufactures glass, ceramic and fiber-based products used in telecommunications, electronics, automotive, and scientific settings. It produces fiber optic cable and networking hardware such as connectors, closures, and interface equipment for phone companies, businesses, governments, and everyday consumers. The company is also recognized for the glass panels found in television and computer screens, covering both liquid crystal and OLED display technology.
Its other product lines include specialty glass, ceramics, and crystal materials used in mobile devices, semiconductor tools, defense optics, sunglasses, and radiation shielding. For vehicles, Corning supplies ceramic filters that reduce engine emissions as well as glass and optical parts used inside and outside cars. Its life sciences segment covers lab plasticware, cell culture supplies, and glass items sold under names like Corning, Falcon, PYREX, and Axygen, in addition to polysilicon and pharmaceutical glass packaging such as vials and tubing.
Founded in 1851, Corning is headquartered in the city of Corning, New York, and maintains a presence in countries across North America, Asia, and Europe. It trades on the NYSE under the ticker GLW.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Electronic components
- Website
- corning.com
Corning GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Corning’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 60.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 6.6 points over five sessions.
60.8Accumulation
Up 6.6 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 9 | Too few readings yet | |||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 110 | +1.0% | +5.0% | ||
| Neutral | 448 | +1.8% | +6.4% | ||
| Distribution | 89 | 0.0% | +4.7% | ||
| Selling | 6 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average GLW share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Corning stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Corning trades 2.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $153.20, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Corning shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$153.20
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
2.0% below fair value · About fair value
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Corning insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Corning, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in GLW were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Corning has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2025
- $5.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.00%
- Trailing four quarters
- $192.0M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Corning earnings: next date and track record
Corning reports on Oct 27, 2026, before the open (37 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 27, 2026
Expected before the open, 37 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.88
- Revenue estimate
- $5.00B
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±6.1%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 28, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Corning reported an strong Q2 2026: consolidated sales grew 17% year-over-year to $4.74 billion and EPS rose 30% to $0.78. Gross margin expanded 120 bps to 39.6% and operating margin expanded 190 bps to 20.9%; ROIC rose to 14.9% and free cash flow increased to $1.42 billion. Optical Communications led performance with sales up 32% to $2.07 billion and net income up 77% (NPAT 21% of sales); enterprise sales grew 65% (Gen AI product sales nearly doubled). Solar sales increased ~90% and Glass Innovations modestly outperformed the handset market despite memory-driven headwinds. Management reiterated and detailed the Springboard growth plan: targeting an annualized sales run rate of $20B by end of 2026, $30B by end of 2028, and $40B by end of 2030, with an expected sales CAGR of 19% from Q4 2026 to Q4 2030 and earnings growing faster than sales. Photonics is described as a major long-term opportunity (a $10B addressable map), but Corning did not give specific revenue guidance for photonics next year. Management expressed confidence in demand, execution and margin expansion, particularly in optical, but acknowledged some near-term end-market headwinds (memory-driven handset weakness, muted automotive) and the continued need to execute capacity ramps and solar manufacturing improvements.
- Guidance
- Springboard targets: $20B annualized sales run rate by end-2026, $30B by end-2028, $40B by end-2030; sales CAGR ~19% from Q4 2026 to Q4 2030; earnings expected to grow faster than sales; Photonics long-term addressable ~$10B (no specific near-term revenue guidance); management expects to be at or above prior 20% operating margin target and Q3 guidance is intended to show similar YoY growth to Q2 (with potential to hit the $20B run rate a quarter early). Longer-term carrier growth expected mid-single-digits.
- Risks flagged
- Memory price declines expected to reduce handheld units by mid-teens percent for the full year, which can pressure handset volumes; automotive market remains muted; execution and timing risk around Photonics scale-up and supply chain readiness; capacity ramp and solar manufacturing execution risk (recent improvements but still ramping); general market/ macro / timing uncertainties noted in forward-looking statements and GAAP/core adjustments (hedged exposures, restructuring/impairment items).
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.78 est $0.76 | $4.74B est $4.63B | −13.5% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $0.70 est $0.69 | $4.35B est $4.30B | −9.6% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.72 est $0.71 | $4.41B est $4.36B | −6.1% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.67 est $0.67 | $4.10B est $4.23B | +1.0% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.60 est $0.57 | $3.86B est $3.86B | +13.0% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.54 est $0.51 | $3.45B est $3.64B | +0.6% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.57 est $0.56 | $3.50B est $3.76B | −2.4% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.54 est $0.53 | $3.39B est $3.72B | +2.6% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Corning stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Corning is $192.44, +28.2% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$192.44consensus 12-month target, +28.2% from the last close
Now $150.13Avg $192.44
Low $129High $220
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | Mizuho Securities | $180 | +19.9% |
| Sep 10 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Sep 10 | Oppenheimer | $200 | +33.2% |
| Sep 10 | Oppenheimer | $200 | +33.2% |
| Sep 8 | Citi | $220 | +46.5% |
+5.0%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−0.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±5.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Corning seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Corning averaged −0.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −1.9% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −0.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +0.4% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, GLW’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.5%.
Corning market cap and key statistics
Corning’s market cap is $129.3B, with a P/E ratio of 66.3 and revenue of $16.96B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $129.3B
- P/E ratio
- 66.3
- Forward P/E
- 34.7
- EPS, TTM
- $2.23
- Gekko Fair Value
- $153.20
Trading
- Volume
- 14.48M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 8.96M
- 52-week high
- $271.78
- 52-week low
- $77.05
- Shares outstanding
- 861.4M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $16.96B
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Return on equity
- 16.8%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +18.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.15
- Typical daily move
- ±5.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
- Dividend yield
- 0.78%
Corning stock news this week
Coverage of Corning this week reads negative: 1 positive, 4 neutral and 5 negative headlines.
- Nykredit A S Makes New Investment in Corning Incorporated $GLWDefense World, Sep 19
- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Encourages Corning Incorporated (GLW) Investors to Inquire about Securities InvestigationACCESS Newswire, Sep 18
- Lumentum Climbs 3% as Optics Buying Extends; Coherent Rises 5%, Corning Jumps 3%24/7 Wall St., Sep 18
- INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates ClaimsOn Behalf of Investors of Corning Incorporated - COOPRNewsWire, Sep 17
- Corning Rides on Expanding Partner Base: Will it Boost Prospects?Zacks Investment Research, Sep 17
- Lumentum Stock Leads the S&P 500 While Corning Can't Keep UpBarrons, Sep 16
Corning peers
Corning’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| APHAmphenol | Accumulation | 8.8% above |
| CLSCelestica | Neutral | 13.7% below |
| NVTnVent Electric | Neutral | 8.0% above |
| TTMITTM Technologies | Accumulation | 26.0% below |
| VICRVicor | Neutral | 14.3% below |
| CAMTCamtek | Neutral | 7.1% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Corning stock FAQ
What is Corning’s market cap?
Corning’s market cap is $129.3B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $150.13, with 861.4M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 66.3.
What is the Corning stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Corning is $192.44, +28.2% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 7 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Corning stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Corning is about fair value: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $150.13 is 2.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $153.20. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Corning report earnings next?
Corning is expected to report on Oct 27, 2026, before the market opens (37 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.88 per share on revenue of $5.00B. Corning beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 6.1% on average across the report.
What is Corning’s 52-week high and low?
Corning’s 52-week high is $271.78 and its 52-week low is $77.05; it closed at $150.13 on Sep 18, 2026, +95.3% over the past year.
Is Corning stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and earnings risk), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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